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Better writing toggle Grammar toggle Grammar tips 'I' or 'me'? Split infinitives Double negatives 'Less' or 'fewer'? Ending sentences with prepositions Dangling participles Matching subjects and verbs Matching verbs to collective nouns 'That' or 'which'? Jargon buster toggle Word classes (or parts of speech) Nouns Verbs Adjectives Adverbs Pronouns Prepositions Conjunctions Determiners Exclamations toggle Sentences, clauses, and phrases Sentences Clauses Phrases Prefixes and suffixes toggle Spelling Plurals of nouns i before e except after c Words containing the letter q Comparative and superlative adjectives Forming adverbs Adding -ful or -fully -ize, -ise, or -yse? Adding endings to words that end in -our Adding endings to words that end in -y Adding endings to words that end in a double ‘l’ Verb tenses: adding -ed and -ing Using capital letters Common misspellings British and American spelling What words in the English language contain two u's in a row? Spelling rules and tips toggle Punctuation Full stop (.) Comma (,) Semicolon (;) Colon (:) Apostrophe (’) Hyphen (-) Dash (–) Brackets ( ) [ ] Inverted commas Exclamation mark (!) Question mark (?) Bullet points Punctuation in direct speech Punctuation in lists Punctuation in abbreviations toggle Practical writing Applying for a job Writing a CV/résumé Writing job applications General correspondence Letters of complaint Insurance claims Invitations toggle Improve your English All right or alright? Between you and me Bored by, of, or with? Can or may? Different from, than, or to? ‘He or she’ versus ‘they’ A historic event or an historic event? Hopefully Like May or might? Onto or on to? Relative clauses Shall or will? Themselves or themself? Who or whom? Commonly confused words British and American terms toggle Abbreviations Shortenings Contractions Initialisms Acronyms		Home › Better writing › Grammar › Grammar tips Grammar tips Click on the links below for straightforward advice on some of the trickier points of English grammar: ‘I’ or ‘me'? Split infinitives Double negatives 'Less' or 'fewer'? Ending sentences with prepositions Dangling participles Matching subjects and verbs Matching verbs to collective nouns 'That' or 'which'? Use our jargon buster for help understanding words like adverb, noun, and adjective.