Grammar Guide--Please Read!

[Annika~]

Thank you Ali for letting me use this!

Basic Grammar

~Capital letters for names, places, the pronoun 'I' and days of the week/months.
Those who don't know this will be beaten with the 'titular' on the top of their lower capital 'i'.

~Capital letters are at the start of sentences, after a full stop and at the start of speech.

~A new line for a new speaker.
I swear if I don't see you doing this, I will slap you with a particulary large salmon. This is not an example

~Speech is formed like so;
"Oh golly gosh," he breathed," Did you see that?"
Her laugh was like wind chimes, light and musical. "I've never seen a unicorn before."
"What can I do for you?" he asked.


~Exclamation marks and question marks have the same power as a full stop.

~You can use italics or bold to emphasise a word. In the warrior series they are also used to show thoughts.
She was so pretty or The fish was huge!

~Proboards supplies a Spell Checker. Use it. Although, it is American English but English English is perfectly fine. Ali uses English English.

Homonyms

Homonyms are those ghastly words which sound nearly or exactly the same as another word with a different meaning. These can often trip people up when spelling so here is a list to help you;

~ Bear, Bare and Beer
A bear devoured my lunch. The floor was bare, nothing on it. I drunk so much beer last night I was sick.

~ See and Sea
I can see her over by the old oak tree. Doesn't the sea look awful blue today?

~ Knew and New
I knew that she was not human. Look at my new Porche.

~ There and Their
Over there is the bike stand. She brought their neightbour's dog to the show.

Ownership

You are staring at somebodies writing and ask yourself " Why do they put apostrophes after their words in some places?"
I've asked myself that quite a few times and here is the answer.

When you are talking about somebody else's object or possession you have to put an apostrophe after the 's'. Like so;

Sarah's new bike, Dad's leg or the computer's cables.

A good way to remember this is to stop and think, "Can the subject own this object?" If the answer is yes, put in an apostrophe. But if their is more than one subject the apostrophe goes after the 's'.

The nuns' habits were drycleaned every Tuesday.

Abbreviation

Would have = Would've
Could have = Could've
Should have = Should've
Would not = Wouldn't
Could not = Couldn't
Should not = Shouldn't
Can not = Can't
Will not = Won't
Did not = Didn't
Do not = Don't
She is/was/has = She's
She had = She'd
She would = She'ld
She will = She'll
He is/was/has = He's
He had = He'd
He would = He'ld
He will =He'll
We are = We're
We have = We've
We had = We'd
We would = We'ld
You are = You're (Not the same as the personal pronoun 'your')
You have = You've
You had = You'd
You would = You'ld

Common Misspelled Verbs

to die

I die, You die, He dies, She dies, It dies, We die, They die.
I am dying, You are dying, He is dying, She is dying, It is dying, We are dying, They are dying.
I died, You died, He died, She died, It died, We died, They died.

to lie
--No to be confused with to lie, as in to tell a lie.

I lie, You lie, He lies, She lies, It lies, We lie, They lie.
I lie beside you in the grass

I am lying, You are lying, His lying, She is lying, It is lying, We are lying, They are lying.
I am lying beside you in the grass

I lay, You lay, He lays, She lays, It lays, We lay, They lay.
I lay beside you in the grass

I was lying, You were lying, He was lying, She was lying, It was lying, We were lying, They were lying.
I was lying beside you in the grass

I laid, You laid, He laid, She laid, It laid, We laid, They laid.
I laid the blades of grass on my knee. He laid down beside me in the grass.