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At the end of a sentence we put a full stop (.) after a statement or imperative. inizia ad imparare
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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. inizia ad imparare
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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. inizia ad imparare
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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. inizia ad imparare
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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. inizia ad imparare
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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. inizia ad imparare
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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. inizia ad imparare
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When I saw the photo, I laughed.
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We put a comma after a reported clause. inizia ad imparare
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The questions were easy, Alan said.
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We put a comma around a non-defining relative clause. inizia ad imparare
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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. inizia ad imparare
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I laughed when I saw the photo.
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We put a comma not before a reported clause. inizia ad imparare
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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. inizia ad imparare
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We all saw what happened.
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We put a comma not with a defining relative clause. inizia ad imparare
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The man who lives opposite is ninety-six.
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We put a comma not before an infinitive. inizia ad imparare
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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. inizia ad imparare
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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. inizia ad imparare
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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. inizia ad imparare
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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. inizia ad imparare
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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. inizia ad imparare
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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. inizia ad imparare
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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. inizia ad imparare
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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. inizia ad imparare
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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. inizia ad imparare
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These are my girl-friend's records.
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We use the apostrophe in short forms. inizia ad imparare
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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. inizia ad imparare
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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. inizia ad imparare
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We can use short forms sometimes after a noun. inizia ad imparare
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We can use short forms sometimes after a question word. inizia ad imparare
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We can use short forms after there and that. inizia ad imparare
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We can use short forms for is after here. inizia ad imparare
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We can use short forms for not after an auxiliary or modal verb. inizia ad imparare
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We use short forms when we write down an informal conversation or in informal writing inizia ad imparare
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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. inizia ad imparare
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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. inizia ad imparare
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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. inizia ad imparare
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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. inizia ad imparare
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There's a three-mile-long tunnel.
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We often use a hyphen after a prefix. inizia ad imparare
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Don't over-fill the tank. We can re-use these bottles.
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