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Punctuation Lessons

Apostrophes.
Brackets.
Colons.
Commas.
Dashes.
Hyphens.
Semicolons.
Speech Marks.

Eight Parts of Speech

Adjectives.
Adverbs.
Conjunctions.
Interjections.
Nouns.
Prepositions.
Pronouns.
Verbs.

Miscellaneous

Abbreviations.
All Of & All Right.
An or A.
Capital Letters.
Comparatives.
Either & Neither.
Extend a Sentence.
Numbers.
Parenthesis.
Plurals.
Singular.
There, They're & Their.
Too & To.
Vocative Case.
Which, That & Who.
Who & Whom.


Easily Confused Words

accept and except
adoptive and adopted
advice and advise
adverse and averse
affect and effect
aid and aide
a lot, allot and alot
allowed and aloud
allude and elude
allusion and illusion
already and all ready
alright or all right
altar and alter
altogether and all together
amoral and immoral
amount, quantity and number
appraise and apprise

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Common Grammar Errors

abbreviations
an or a
BBC or B.B.C.
BC and AD
contractions (Mr or Mr.)
e.g. and i.e.
plurals (PCs or PC's)
adjectives
an or a
auntie June or Auntie June
compound adjectives (e.g. 4-seater aircraft)
expressions like 3-and-a-quarter million
extremely-talented or extremely talented actor
hers or her's, ours or our's
its and it's
Red Lion Lawn or Red Lion lawn
well-known actor or well known actor

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Glossary of Terms

abbreviation
absolute possessive
abstract noun
accusative case
acronym
active sentence
active voice
adjective
adjective clause
adjective phrase
adjunct
adverb
adverbial clause
adverbial phrase
affix
alliteration
anagram
analogy
anastrophe
antecedent
antonym
apostrophe
apposition
appositive
archaism
article
aspect
auxiliary verb

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