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How to say telephone numbers in English in American and British English

Telephone numbers:
When we read a telephone number, all numbers are said separately.
0315-9293302 ( o three one five nine two nine three three o two )
(101) 813510 ( one o one eight one three five one o )

We say o or oh in place of 0
We can say also use double and triple when figure comes twice or three times
simultaneously.
e.g. 311555 ( three double one triple five in British English )
311555 ( three one one five five five in English)

What is a sentence?
Sentence: A group of words that are arranged logically, grammatically and give
complete sense.
Or
A group of words which makes complete sense is called sentence.
Or
A group of words put in correct grammatical, with correct punctuation and spelling
and sentence must be logical.

There are several kinds of sentences. These sentences can be classified into ways:
According to Structure and According to meaning:
1: According to meaning:
1. Declarative sentence.
2. Imperative sentence
3. Interrogative sentence.
4. Exclamatory sentence.
5. Optative sentence.

According to the meanings:


1. Simple Sentence
2. Compound Sentence.
3. Complex Sentence.
4. Compound complex sentence.
Sentences according to meanings:
Declarative Sentence/Assertive Sentence.
A declarative sentence makes statement ends with a period. It is also called
assertive sentence. In this type of sentence, the subject usually comes before the
verb. This ( . ) is called period in American English or Full stop in British English.
She bought an Iphone, yesterday.
Aslam worked hard.
Nadia is tired. ( Subject + verb ……. )

Interrogative Sentence:
An interrogative sentence asks a direct question. The sentence begins an
interrogative word and ends with a question mark. This sign ( ? ) is called question
point in American English and question mark in British English.
e.g. What is your name? Is he going to school? What does Ali do?

Imperative Sentence:
An imperative sentence expresses a command, instruction, prohibition, request or
advice. It begins with base verb and it has an understood subject ( you ).
e.g. ( you ) give me your notebook, please! ( request )
Give me a pencil. ( command )
Come here. ( command )
Go there. ( command )
Work hard ( advice ).
Respect your elders. ( advice ).
Don’t smoke cigarette. ( command )
Note: We always use base form of verb. We can’t use any other forms of verb.
e.g. going to school. ( x ) went to school. ( x ) goes to school. ( x )

Exclamatory sentence:
A sentence that expresses strong feeling or emotion is called exclamatory sentence.
Such sentences usually begin with, what or how and end with a mark of
exclamation. This ( ! ) mark is called exclamation point in American English and
exclamation mark in British English.
e.g.
What a beautiful flower!
What a cute baby!
How cold the night is!
What a day!
How beautifully you sing!
What a terrific player!
Optative Sentence:
A sentence that expresses a prayer, a wish or entreaty is called an optative sentence.
An optative sentence ends in exclamation point.
e.g.
would that I were a doctor. (wish)
May God bless you! ( Prayer )
May your father receive an eternal peace! ( prayer )

Sentences kinds according to structure:


Simple Sentence:
It expresses one main and it has only one main clause that may have a word or
phrase modifier ( adjectives, adverbs or prepositional phrases ). A simple is a type
of sentence that contain only one statement, command, advice, or exclamation. It
must have a subject and a verb.
e.g.
Ali went home.
The fish swims in water.
God is Omnipresent.
She is a beautiful girl.
Note: A simple sentence does not mean that it is a short sentence or is made of few
words. But a simple sentence can be a long sentence. The important thing is that it
must have one independent clause and it can contain several phrases. Below is a
great example of a long sentence but it is actually a simple sentence. It only
contains several phrases, therefore it looks very long.
e.g. Being the only responsible teacher of my Academy, I must manage everything
in my academy, water coolers, books, and timetables etc.
The above written sentence is a simple sentence though it looks very long sentence.
It looks a long sentence because it contains several phrases.

Compound sentences:
A compound sentence is a type of sentence which has two or more independent
clause or subordinate clause. Sometime, a compound sentence is called a balanced
sentence. The clause of the compound sentence may be joined by either by semi-
colon ( ; ) or by coordinating conjunctions such as and, or etc.
e.g.
Children go to school; their parents go to work.
Children go to school and their parents go to work.
Ali was ill; I had to take him to a doctor.
Ali was ill and I had to take him to a doctor.

Complex Sentence:
A sentence is complex when it has one main idea or principal clause and the rest is
subordinate clause. The subordinate clause in complex sentence may be one or
more than two.
e.g.
Water boils when it is heated.
The boy who came here was my best friend.
If she works hard, if she studies, she will pass the exam.

Compound complex sentence:


A sentence that has two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.
e.g.
Many men and women take their morning walk regularly and some them even take
care of their food which improves their health.
Note: Some grammarians view this structure sub division of the compound
sentence.

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