tailieunhanh - Especial style 6

Tham khảo tài liệu 'especial style 6', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 75 90 2 We do not usually write the two clauses separately with a full stop . between them. I was late when I got home. NOT It was late. When I got home. But we can sometimes separate the two clauses in order to emphasize the second especially with and but so because and although. James hated Mondays. And this Monday was worse than usual. And we separate clauses in conversation when two different people say them . John s late. Because he was doing your shopping. 3 One conjunction is enough to join two clauses. Don t use two. Although she was tired she went to work. She was tired but she went to work. NOT Although she-was tired but she went to work. Because I liked him I tried to help him. I liked him so I tried to help him. NOT Because liked him so I tried to help him. As you know I work very hard. You know that I work very hard. NOT -As you know that I work very hard. 4 Relative pronouns who which and that see 277 join clauses like conjunctions. There s the girl who works with my sister. A relative pronoun is the subject or object of the verb that comes after it. So we do not need another subject or object. I ve got a friend who works in a pub. NOT . . . who he works . . The man that she married was an old friend of mine. NOT -The man that she married him . . She always says thank-you for the money that I give her. NOT . . . for the money that I give it her. 90 contractions 1 Sometimes we make two words into one for example I ve aiv have don t daunt do not . These forms are called contractions . There are two kinds I pronoun auxiliary verb j I ve you ll he d we re they ve it s I auxiliary verb not aren t isn t hadn t don t won t will not The forms ve II d and re are only written after pronouns but we write s is has after nouns and question-words as well. My father s a gardener. Where s the toilet 90 76 The apostrophe goes in the same place as the letters that we leave out has not hasn t NOT ha s nt Contractions are common in informal speech and writing they are .