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Adverbs are often formed by adding the letters ly to adjectives. This makes is very easy to identify
adverbs in sentences. There are many exceptions to this
rule; everywhere, nowhere, and upstairs are a few
examples.
Robin Hood
Nottingham yesterday.
swindled
the
Sheriff
of
1. How long
2. How often
3. When
For example:
Conjunction Rules
When
using
correlative
conjunctions,
ensure verbs agree so your sentences make sense. For
example: Every
night, either loud
music or fighting
neighbors wake John from his sleep.
3.
O=
or
Coordinating
conjunctions
always
connect
phrases, words, and clauses. For example: This
batch of mushroom stew is savory and delicious.
Some instructors warn that starting a sentence
with a coordinating conjunction is incorrect. Mostly,
this is because they are attempting to help prevent
you from writing fragments rather than complete
sentences; sometimes though, its just a personal
Although
commas
typically
follow
coordinating conjunctions used in areas other than
the beginning of a sentence, they should not be
used after coordinating conjunctions used to open
sentences unless an interrupter immediately
follows.
Rules on using
Preposition
There are two very important rules to remember when
using prepositions. Because they are somewhat vague,
learning about prepositions and using them correctly in
sentences takes practice. Because 1:1 translation is
often impossible when dealing with prepositions, even
the most advanced English students have some
difficulty at first.
Adjectives
can
be
placed
between
prepositions and objects in prepositional phrases.
Prepositional
phrases
can
act
as adverbs or adjectives. When they are used as
adjectives, they modify nouns and pronouns in the same
way single-word adjectives do.
the
Use of Interjections
Beginning of Sentences
When people think of interjections, they commonly think
of them being used at the beginning of the sentence.
Many also associate interjections with a punctuation
mark designed to convey emotion: the exclamation
point.
This is often true. Interjections can and do appear in the
beginning of sentences. For example:
Stand-alone Sentence
An interjection can also be used by itself as a standalone sentence. For example, look at the two sentences:
Oh gosh! I cant believe how late it is. The interjection
oh gosh is a stand-alone sentence. This is
grammatically correct, although Oh Gosh does not
contain a subject and action that is normally required
Capitalization Rules
1. Names or titles of people
This one may seem obvious, but theres also a catch. Of
course, you capitalize the first letters of a persons first,
middle and last names (John Quincy Adams), but you
also capitalize suffixes (Jr., the Great, Princess of Power,
etc.) and titles.
Titles can be as simple as Mr., Mrs. or Dr., but they also
apply to situations wherein you address a person by his
or her position as though its their first name. For
example, when we talk about President Lincoln, we are
using his role as though it were a part of his name. We
dont always capitalize the word president. Indeed, we
could say, "During the Civil War, President Lincoln was
the president of the United States."
Another way to look at capitalizing job titles is to look at
the position of the job title in the sentence in reference
to the person's name.
lakes,
From here, it gets pretty easy. The same rules that apply
to mountain names also apply to water names. A river is
just a river, but the Mississippi River is a proper noun
and must be capitalized, just like Lake Erie, the Indian
Ocean and the Dead Sea.
4. Names of buildings, monuments, bridges and
tunnels
Man-made structures also often have names. The White
House, the Eiffel Tower, the Statue of Liberty, the
The last two rules are easy. Always capitalize the first
letter of a sentence. If the sentence is a quotation within
a larger sentence, capitalize it, but only if its a
complete sentence. If its merely a phrase that fits
neatly into the larger sentence, it does not require
capitalization. Study the following two examples for
clarification:
5. Street names
7.
Political
divisions
(continents,
regions,
countries, states, counties, cities and towns)
As is the case with regions of a country, the divisions
may not always be political, but you get the idea. When
you refer to New England, the Midwest, the Pacific
Northwest or the South as a region (as opposed to a
compass direction), you capitalize it. Also, continents
(South
America),
countries
(Belgium),
states
(Wisconsin), counties (Prince William County), cities
(London) and towns (Lizard Lick) get capitalized.
8.
Titles
of
books,
movies,
magazines,
newspapers, articles, songs, plays and works of
art
T - Titles
P - People
I-I
S - Schools
W - Water
M - Mountains
S Streets