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 Punctuation

Apostrophes
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Using apostrophes
The apostrophe error with plurals (e.g. two cat's.)
Apostrophes in time (temporal) expressions (e.g. a year's salary)
Apostrophes replace letters (e.g. can't)
Apostrophes to show the plural of abbreviations (e.g. SOS's)
Apostrophes show possession (e.g. the dog's dinner, women's shower)
Brackets
A choice of parentheses (dashes & commas as alternatives)
Round and square brackets
Commas
Quick test on commas
After a sentence introductions (e.g. At four o'clock, she moved...)
After a transitional phrase (e.g. However, it is...)
After interjections (e.g. Yes, I know...)
Before conjunctions (e.g. ...the end, but only when...)
For parenthesis (e.g. Simon, the last man, saw...)
In lists (e.g. egg, milk and butter)
With a long subject (e.g. A, B and C, are required...)
With numbers (e.g. 2,232)
With quotation (speech) marks (e.g. He yelled, 'Get out!')
With the vocative case (e.g. I know what you mean, Simon.)
Colons
Colons to extend sentences (e.g. ...seen by two men: Jack and Tim.)
Colons in references (e.g. Para. 4: Section 2)
Using colons for introductions (e.g. ...with the following: a crow, a rook...)
Colons with bullet points
Colons with quotations (e.g. He joked: 'It must be Alan in the old tank.')
Dashes
Extend a sentence (with a dash if confused by colons & semicolons)
Parenthesis - a choice of parentheses (choose dashes, commas or brackets)
Hyphens
Hyphens in compound adjectives
Hyphens in compound nouns
Hyphens in prefixes
Alternatives to hyphens in compound adjectives (e.g. "Get out of here" eyes)
Quotation Marks
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Colon or comma before quotation (speech) marks?

Three dots (ellipsis) in quotation (speech) marks
Punctuation inside or outside quotation (speech) marks?
Quotation (speech) marks for ships, plays, books, etc.
Double or single quotation (speech) marks?
Quotation (speech) marks meaning ‘alleged’ or ‘so-called’
Semicolons
Before conjunctions (e.g. ...is true; but the other one...)
Before transitional phrases (e.g. ...she knew; however, it was...)
In lists (e.g. the master, aged 81; the servant, aged 19)
To extend a sentence (e.g. ...not hurt; one man injured his finger.)

 Parts of Speech

Adjectives
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What are adjectives?
What are compound adjectives?
Adverbs
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What are adverbial clauses and phrases?
What are adverbs?
Conjunctions
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What are conjunctions?
Conjunctions and commas
Conjunctions and semicolons
Interjections
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What are interjections?
Nouns
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What are nouns?
The different types of nouns
Prepositions
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What are prepositions?
Ending a sentence in a preposition
The object of a preposition
Verbs with prepositions - succinct writing
Pronouns
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What are pronouns?
The different types of pronouns
Verbs
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What are verbs?

 Libraries

Common Errors
List of common errors and FAQs by authors
Glossary of Grammatical Terms
List of grammatical terms
Easily Confused Words
Affect and effect
Alot, a lot and allot
Complement and Compliment
Dependant and Dependent
Licence and license
Practice and practise
Much more...

 Useful Lessons (Miscellaneous) 

Abbreviations
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Using AD, BC, BCE and CE
Full stops (periods) in contractions
Forming the plurals of abbreviations
Using full stops (periods) in abbreviations
Capital Letters
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Capital letters in advertisements
Capital letters and the points of the compass
Using capital letters with proper and common nouns
Capital letters with the four seasons
Capital letters with moons, stars and planets
Capital letters start sentences
What is title case?
Comparatives
Comparatives and superlatives of adjectives
Comparatives superlatives of adverbs
Extend a Sentence
Extend a sentence
Numbers
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Numbers as compound adjectives

How to write numbers in full
Starting sentences with numbers
Parenthesis
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Parenthesis - a choice of parentheses
Singular
The difference between fewer and less
Are collective nouns singular or plural?
Singular or plural verbs after prepositional phrases (e.g. a box of tapes)
Vocative Case
What is the vocative case?
Which That and Who
Using which, that and who
No commas with which, that and who
Commas with which, that and who
All Of
Using all of or all
Using all right or alright
An or A
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When to use an and a
Either and Neither
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Either/or and neither/nor (beware the double negative)
Either/or plural or singular verb?
Plurals
Forming plurals
Forming plurals of compound nouns
Forming plurals (table)
Their, There and They're
There, their and they're
Too and To
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To (infintive verb) and too

To and too (meaning as well)
To and too (meaning in excess)
To (preposition) and too
Who and Whom
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The difference between who and whom

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