Improve Your Written English: Master the Essentials of Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling and Write with Greater Confidence (How to)
Marion Field
Language: English
Pages: 193
ISBN: 2:00078490
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Written in short, accessible sections, this book explains the basics of writing good English. It includes punctuation, sentence construction and spelling. You will learn how to adopt different tasks, such as writing a report, essay or short story. There are also chapters on letter writing, filling in forms and constructing job applications.
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marks and showing how each is used. It also covers the parts of speech and demonstrates their uses. Part 2 shows you how to put Part 1 into practice. There are sections on essay writing, summarising, writing reports and even plotting a short story. There are also chapters on letter writing, filling in forms, writing a CV and applying for a job. The use of e-mail has also been incorporated. xi xii / I M P R O V E Y O U R W R I T T E N E N G L I S H Written in a simple style with frequent
authentic, inspiring, practical information in their books. Now, when you buy a title from How To Books, you get even more than just words on a page. Improve your Written English Master the essentials of grammar, punctuation and spelling and write with greater confidence MARION FIELD Published by How To Content, A division of How To Books Ltd, Spring Hill House, Spring Hill Road, Begbroke, Oxford OX5 1RX, United Kingdom. Tel: (01865) 375794. Fax: (01865) 379162. info@howtobooks.co.uk
sentence containing a noun or pronoun and one finite verb. You can have more than one clause in a sentence but they must be linked correctly. Making use of conjunctions (connectives) Conjunctions or connectives are words that link two parts of the sentence together. If there is more than one finite verb in a sentence, a conjunction is usually necessary to link the clauses. Look at the following example: She was late for work she missed the train. The above sentence is incorrect as there are two
N G U P Y O U R P U N C T U A T I O N / 35 The sea was calm, the sun was shining, the beach was empty and Anne felt at peace with the world. Beginning a sentence with a conjunction If you begin a sentence with a conjunction, use a comma to separate the dependent clause from the main. In the previous sentence ‘if’ is a conjunction and there is a comma after ‘conjunction’. Here are two more examples with the conjunctions underlined. Notice where the comma is placed: Because it was raining, we