At the end of a sentence we put a full stop (.) after a statement or imperative. öğrenmeye başla
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We'll go for a walk now. But bring your coat.
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At the end of a sentence we put a question mark (?) after a question. öğrenmeye başla
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Do you want to go to Hyde Park? Shall we look at the shops first? Are they open on Saturdays?
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At the end of a sentence we put an exclamation mark (!) after an exclamation. öğrenmeye başla
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Look what I've got! What a fantastic dress!
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We write a capital letter (a big letter) e.g.We... or But... Hyde Park. Saturday. I. öğrenmeye başla
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at the beginning of a sentence. at the beginning of each word in a name and days and months, but not in other nouns. for the word I.
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We use a semi-colon (;) between to main clauses when the second main clause is not linked grammatically to the first. öğrenmeye başla
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The farmer and his sons start work at six o'clock every morning; they have to get up early because there is always so much to do.
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We put a comma usually between two main clauses before but, and or or, but only if the second clause has a subject (e.g. he). We use a comma to show a shorter pause than a semi-colon (;) or a full stop (.). The rules about commas aren't very definite. We can often choose whether to put a comma or not. öğrenmeye başla
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He looked for the key, but he couldn't find it. He looked for the key but couldn't find it.
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We put a comma after a sub clause. öğrenmeye başla
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When I saw the photo, I laughed.
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We put a comma after a reported clause. öğrenmeye başla
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The questions were easy, Alan said.
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We put a comma around a non-defining relative clause. öğrenmeye başla
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Mr Sims, who lives opposite, is ninety-six.
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We put a comma not usually before a sub clause. öğrenmeye başla
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I laughed when I saw the photo.
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We put a comma not before a reported clause. öğrenmeye başla
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Alan said (that) the questions were easy.
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We put a comma not before a question word or that. öğrenmeye başla
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We all saw what happened.
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We put a comma not with a defining relative clause. öğrenmeye başla
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The man who lives opposite is ninety-six.
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We put a comma not before an infinitive. öğrenmeye başla
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The police came to the house to ask him some questions.
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We put a comma sometimes after an adverb phrase but not usually before it. öğrenmeye başla
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On Thursday afternoon, they all went out together. They all went out together on Thursday afternoon.
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We put a comma usually around a phrase in apposition. öğrenmeye başla
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Mr Reid, the owner of the company, lives near Southport.
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We put a comma usually around a linking word. öğrenmeye başla
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The food, however, was good.
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We put a comma usually after or before a linking word or sentence adverb. öğrenmeye başla
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On the other hand, we need a quick decision. We could go to Tunisia, for example. Actually, I'm a liberal. It won't be easy, of course.
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We put a comma usually before please and after yes or no. öğrenmeye başla
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Have you got the number, please? Yes, I have.
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We put a comma before or after the name of a person we are speaking or writing to. öğrenmeye başla
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Have you seen this, Pat? Dear Mr Bright, Thank you for your letter.
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We put a comma in a list of more than two things. öğrenmeye başla
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Inside the room there was a table, two chairs, a lamp and a television set.
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We use quotation marks ("...") before and after direct speech. We usually put a comma before or after the direct speech. öğrenmeye başla
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David said, "It's time to go now". "It's time to go now, " David said/said David.
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We use the apostrophe in the possessive form of nouns. öğrenmeye başla
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These are my girl-friend's records.
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We use the apostrophe in short forms. öğrenmeye başla
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Chris isn't thirty. He's only twenty-five.
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We can use a short form only if the word is unstressed. We do not use short forms with yes or when a word is stressed. öğrenmeye başla
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Yes, we have. We really have had nice weather.
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We can use short forms after a pronoun. öğrenmeye başla
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We can use short forms sometimes after a noun. öğrenmeye başla
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We can use short forms sometimes after a question word. öğrenmeye başla
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We can use short forms after there and that. öğrenmeye başla
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We can use short forms for is after here. öğrenmeye başla
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We can use short forms for not after an auxiliary or modal verb. öğrenmeye başla
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We use short forms when we write down an informal conversation or in informal writing öğrenmeye başla
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e.g. in a letter or a postcard to a friend.
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When we use the short form, we leave out part of the word we are writing. We put an apostrophe (') instead of the missing part and we write the two words together as one. öğrenmeye başla
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'm=am; 've=have; won't=will not; 're=are; 'd=had/would; n't=not; 's=is/has; 'll=will/shall.
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Sometimes there are alternative short forms. öğrenmeye başla
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e.g. it is not > it isn't/it's not. They will not > they won't/they'll not.
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We write some compound nouns as two words, some with a hyphen and some as one word. The rules about hyphens aren't very definite. öğrenmeye başla
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That's a police dog. I've rung the police-station. Here's a policeman.
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We normally use a hyphen in compound adjectives. öğrenmeye başla
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There's a three-mile-long tunnel.
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We often use a hyphen after a prefix. öğrenmeye başla
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Don't over-fill the tank. We can re-use these bottles.
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