Comma before and after conjunctions
Comma after so When so is used to mean therefore, it is a transitional adverb. So, it should be followed by a comma. I was not feeling well. So, I...
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about to
About + infinitive (with to) means ‘going to very soon’; ‘just going to’.Don’t go out now – we’re about to have lunch.I was about to go to...
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future 9: future perfect they will have finished
will have + past participle We can use the future perfect to say that something will be finished or complete by a certain time in the future. The...
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finished
Finished can be used as an adjective meaning ‘ready’. Is the report finished yet? With personal subjects, to be finished is often used in an...
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present perfect (2): perfect or past?
Thinking about the past and present together We use the present perfect if we are thinking about the past and present together. We do not use the...
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be and have
1 physical conditions: hunger, thirst etc To talk about experiencing hunger, thirst, heat, cold and certain other common physical conditions, we...
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prepositions (2): after particular words and expressions
It is not always easy to know which preposition to use after a particular noun, verb or adjective. Here are some of the most common combinations...
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ought
forms Ought is a modal auxiliary verb (see modal auxiliary verbs: introduction-354). The third person singular has no -s. She ought to understand...
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infinitives 6: after adjectives
1 reactions and feelings: pleased to see you Infinitives are often used after adjectives describing reactions and feelings. I’m pleased to see...
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correspondence 2: emails and text messages
1 formal emails: style and layout Formal emails are similar in style to letters on paper. The writer’s postal address and phone/fax number, if...
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