Sunday, February 17, 2013
Parallelism
Compound nouns and possessives
Subject-Verb agreement
Semicolon, colon and lists
In Sections 2.5 - 2.10 of the English Style Guide
published by the Directorate-General for Translation, you can find
the rules on the use of colon and semicolon with the appropriate
hyperlinks for other relevant issues, such as lists.
You can hereby find more information on the use of colon and semicolon as well as providing lists as it is presented in the Interinstitutional Style Guide.
Here you can find a document on the use of semicolon and colon, including the use of the latter to introduce lists. The first rule on the use of colon in this document is at odds with what is said in the Commission's "English Style Guide" and the "Interinstitutional Style Guide".
Here you can find a quiz on the use of colon and semicolon with the key and explanations. In the explanation for the answer to question 21, you can find the capitalization rule in sentences after colon.
You can hereby find more information on the use of colon and semicolon as well as providing lists as it is presented in the Interinstitutional Style Guide.
Here you can find a document on the use of semicolon and colon, including the use of the latter to introduce lists. The first rule on the use of colon in this document is at odds with what is said in the Commission's "English Style Guide" and the "Interinstitutional Style Guide".
Here you can find a quiz on the use of colon and semicolon with the key and explanations. In the explanation for the answer to question 21, you can find the capitalization rule in sentences after colon.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
State vs. action verbs
Here is a document where you can find information and exercises on state vs. action verbs, along with key for the exercises. (Source: English Grammar in Use: Intermediate by Raymond Murphy)
Here is a link for a webpage where you can find some exercises on the same topic.
Here you can find the list of verbs we have looked at. (Source: LONGMAN Advanced Learners’ Grammar by Mark Foley & Diane Hall )
Here is a link for a webpage where you can find some exercises on the same topic.
Here you can find the list of verbs we have looked at. (Source: LONGMAN Advanced Learners’ Grammar by Mark Foley & Diane Hall )
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