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