Improve_Your_Punctuation.PDF

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here hear
Here (place) is your tea.
Ican’thear (verb) you.

allowed aloud
He wasallowed (verb) to stay up late.
She spokealoud (adverb).

to two too
Iamgoingto (preposition) London.
They havetwo (number) dogs.
It istoo (qualifying adverb) hot.

your you’re
Takeyour (possessive) lunch with you.
You’re (you are) looking very pretty.

Although the pronunciation ofoffandofis not identical, the
two words are often confused.


He tookoff (part of the verb: ‘to take off’) his hat.
This is partof (preposition) the document.

To useoffandoftogether is incorrect.


She felloff of her horse.

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