Improve_Your_Written_English
Looking at Apostrophes and Abbreviations Showing possession Apostrophesare put at the end ofnounswhen the nouns have something b ...
However, in some cases the extra ‘s’ can be omitted as in the following examples: James’ book was missing. He damaged his Achill ...
The blame ismine. These books arehers. (no apostrophe) The first prize washis. (no apostrophe) Theirs was the glory. (no apostro ...
‘Do not’ becomes ‘don’t’ ‘Would not’ becomes ‘wouldn’t’ Note especially ‘Could have’ becomes ‘could’ve’.not‘couldof’ ‘Might have ...
Nottinghamshire Notts. Oxfordshire Oxon. Other words that are often abbreviated aretitlesbut some of these should only be abbrev ...
Using initial letters It is becoming increasingly common to describe companies or organisations only by the initial letters of t ...
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund UFO Unidentified F ...
Inside there was a boulder of rock. Its smooth surface glistened like gold. Johns hands shook. He wished hed stayed with his bro ...
Improving Your Style Recognising common mistakes Revising punctuation Punctuation is essential if your work is to make sense. ◆ ...
there is more than one finite verb, there are twoclausesand these should either be separated by afull stoporsemi-colon or linked ...
Avoiding incorrect pronouns There is often confusion in the use of the words: ‘I’ and ‘me’, ‘she’ and ‘her’, ‘he’ and ‘him’, ‘we ...
Tracy andI are going to London. not Tracy andme are going to London. Mrs Jones gave some sweets to John andme. not Mrs Jones gav ...
He is taller thanme. She was angrier thanhim. If the verb was added instead of being ‘understood’, it would sound quite wrong: H ...
Theverbhas an ‘s’ before the ‘e’. Thenounhas a ‘c’ before the ‘e’. Avoiding confusion Other words that are often confused are ‘c ...
Stationery/stationary A stationer (noun) sells writing paper so stationery (noun) is writing paper and envelopes. I ran out ofs ...
Avoiding unnecessary repetition ◆ Remember thatnounsdo not usually need to be repeated within the same sentence. ◆ Replace them ...
These five sentences all start with ‘she’ so the passage does not flow. Is the following example better? Cautiously opening the ...
happy happier happiest slow slower slowest tall taller tallest Adrian is thebiggest of all the boys. Mary is thetallest of the f ...
Eliminating jargon Looking at the origin The word ‘jargon’ is derived from a Middle English word meaning ‘meaningless chatter’. ...
Here is the simplified version: Louis had given all the appropriate information before entering the race. Now he hurtled along t ...
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