Grammar & punctuation – abstract noun.
Noun can be divided into two groups: concrete and abstract. Concrete nouns refer to people, places, and things that can…
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Grammar & Punctuation – abbreviations.
The presentation of abbreviations in writing raises two questions:  Should I use full stops?  Do I use capital…
Grammar & Punctuation – Complex Sentences.
There is a limit to the meaning you can express with the conjunction and. If someone says She has not…
Grammar & Punctuation – Compound Sentences.
Multiple sentences are made by combining clauses. The simplest way of doing this is to use the grammatical equivalent of…
Grammar & Punctuation – Simple and multiple sentences.
If a sentence consists of one clause it is described as a simple sentence. Each of the following is a…
Grammar & Punctuation – Optional adverbials.
More often an adverbial is not essential to the grammar of the clause it is in. In each case of…
Grammar & Punctuation – Clause components – Adverbial.
There remains one clause component that is much less straightforward: adverbials. These are words or phrases that answer question such…
Grammar & Punctuation – Clause components- Subject+verb+object+complement.
Subject+verb+object+complement. It is also possible to have part of a clause that completes the object: SUBJECT VERB OBJECT COMPLEMENT The…