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WORKSHOP
conjunctions
Golden Rule
• Singular
Subject –
Singular Verb
• Plural Subject –
Plural Verb
PUNCTUATION
• Use Capital letters with Title
Case & Proper Nouns (names
of ppl, places).
e.g. Titles:
The Sun and Moon
A Man, an Orange and the Cow
The Role of Women in Society
;
The semi-colon is used when 2
sentences are INTIMATELY linked.
e.g. Oil prices soared (complete sentence); all other
commodity prices followed suit plunging many national
economies into recession (complete sentence).
Comparative Comperative
Sincerly sincerely sinciearly
Separate Seperate
Wednesday Wensday
Weird wierd
Friend freind
When it does
• puting (like puking) putting
• Swiming (like sun shining) swimming
• Studing (like pudding) studying
• Writting (like hitting) writing
• Suprise (like supper) surprise
• Thier (like cashier) their
• Responsability responsibility
• Than (taller than me) then (next)
DOUBLING UP
• possession
• Mississippi
• Commitment - YES, THAT’S CORRECT
• Committee
• TRY THIS: EMBARASSMENT?
EMBARRASSMENT?
confused words
• Accept, Except
• Affect, Effect
• Advise, Advice
• Conscious, Conscience
• Idea, Ideal
• Its, It's
• Lead, Led
• Than, Then
• There, They're
• To, Too, Two
• We're, Where, Were
• Your, You're
• All ready/already
• All right/alright
• All together/altogether
Anyone/any one
• Anyway/any way
• Awhile/a while
Maybe/may be
MIXING PARTS OF SPEECH
John is kindness(n. – should be an adj.), so
many people want to chat with him.
INDIRECT QUESTIONS
• Can you tell me where the bank is? (not where is the
bank). Direct question: Where is the bank?
• I don’t know where he lives. (not where does he live –
this is for DIRECT questions)
I am agree
‘VERB TO BE’ AND OTHER VERBS
‘PRESENT CONTINUOUS’ – this gives you 2
verbs directly next to each other which is
incorrect.