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| English
Language Skills - Contents |
| Contents |
7
Apostrophes Which Show Omitted Letters |
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Preface and Acknowledgments |
How
and when to use the omission apostrophe |
| Acknowledgements |
When
to use omission apostrophes in business |
| Introduction |
When
to use 'more' or '----er' |
| Is
this book for you? |
Whether/weather
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| What
will you learn from this book? |
Points
to remember |
| How
does it work? |
8
Its and Their |
| What
this book is not |
Its
and it's |
| About
the language |
There,
their and they're |
| 1
Sentences and Paragraphs |
Apostrophes
in plurals |
| The
right length for a sentence |
Did/done
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| Punctuating
the beginnings and ends of sentences |
Points
to remember |
| When
to start a new paragraph |
9
Quotation Marks |
| Presentation
skills |
Using
double quotation marks |
| Piece/peace
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Using
single quotation marks |
| Practice/practise
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Common
phrases - separate or together? |
| Points
to remember |
Sight/site
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| 2
Full Stops and Commas |
Points
to remember |
| Full
stops, question marks and exclamation marks |
10
Semi-colons and Colons |
| The
only definite rules about commas |
When
and how to use a semi-colon |
| You
and I/you and me |
When
and how to use a colon |
| Accept/except |
To
lie and to lay |
| Points
to remember |
Different
from/to/than |
| 3
Complete Sentences |
Points
to remember |
| Writing
a complete sentence |
11
Hyphens, Dashes and Brackets |
| A
subject |
When
and how to use hyphens |
| A
verb |
When
and how to use dashes |
| Of/off
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When
and how to use brackets |
| Of/have
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Brackets
and full stops |
| Points
to remember |
None
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| 4
Three Basic Spelling Rules |
Stationary/stationery
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| Spelling
rules |
Points
to remember |
| i
before e |
12
Abbreviations |
| Plurals
of nouns ending in 'y' |
The
common abbreviations eg, etc, ie, NB, pp, PS |
| Doubled
consonants |
Time,
weight and measurement abbreviations |
| Two/to/too |
Whose/who's/who/whom
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| Affect/effect
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Teach/learn
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| Points
to remember |
Them/those
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| 5
Singulars and Plurals |
Points
to remember |
| Making
the verb agree with the subject |
13
Writing for Special Occasions |
| The
verb 'to be' |
Letter
of complaint |
| Collective
nouns |
Thank-you
letter |
| Personnel/personal
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Letter
of condolence |
| Lend/borrow
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Poster
or leaflet |
| Points
to remember |
Newspaper
article |
| 6
Apostrophes Which Show Possession |
Radio
script |
| Which
word takes the apostrophe? |
Points
to remember |
| Where
does the apostrophe go? |
Appendix
1: Commonly mis-spelled words |
| Singular
nouns which end in 's' |
Appendix
2: Confusibles |
| Separate
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Index |
| Where/were
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| Points
to remember |
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