![]() Direct speech begins with a capital letter and can be preceded by a comma or a colon: In direct speech, we enclose what is said within a pair of single or double quotation marks, although single quotation marks are becoming more common. Quotation marks in English are ‘…’ or “…”. Punctuation: quotation marks (‘…’ or “…”) To be honest, I thought they were very very rude. You do need to wear a darker jacket, if I may say so. When we use subordinate or non-finite comment clauses to give further details or more information, we commonly use commas to separate the clauses: ![]() If you get lost in the city centre, please don’t hesitate to text us or phone us. However, we do not always do this in short sentences: When a subordinate clause comes before the main clause, we commonly use a comma to separate the clauses. It was an expensive hotel in the centre of Stockholm, but we decided it was worth the money. (same subject)įootballers these days earn more money but they are fitter and play many more matches. They were very friendly and invited us to their villa in Portugal. However, we sometimes use commas if the clauses have different subjects: When main clauses are separated by and, or, but, we don’t normally use a comma if the clauses have the same subject. In addition to closing sentences, we also use full stops in initials for personal names:įull stops are also used after abbreviations, although this practice is becoming less common: They are performing Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony. The Straits Times is a daily English language newspaper in Singapore. ‘ Oliver’ is a musical based on the novel ‘ Oliver Twist’ by Charles Dickens. We use capital letters for the titles of books, magazines and newspapers, plays and music: What plans do you have for Chinese New Year? The next meeting of the group will take place on Thursday. They are planning a long holiday in New Zealand. Proper nouns include personal names (including titles before names), nationalities and languages, days of the week and months of the year, public holidays as well as geographical places:ĭr David James is the consultant at Leeds City Hospital. We also use capital letters at the beginning of proper nouns. The next World Cup will be held in South Africa. ![]() The Football World Cup takes place every four years. We were really surprised that it was so easy to travel on the motorways. We use capital letters to mark the beginning of a sentence and we use full stops to mark the end of a sentence: Punctuation: capital letters (B, D) and full stops (.) ![]()
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