2. 1. A complete sentence involves a noun and a verb.
“He runs.” It is a short sentence, but it is a complete sentence.
2. Know your punctuation marks.
3. Learn at least a few basic prepositions that express
location, movement, or time.
4. Avoid sentence fragments at all cost.
Incomplete sentences are incomplete thoughts. Come to think
of it, what if I.
5. Tenses come in many forms. Learn past, present, and
future first.
3. 6.To capitalize or not to capitalize?
Capitalize the first word in a sentence, proper adjectives, and proper nouns as well as
the first word, last word, proper adjectives, and proper nouns in titles of articles, art,
books, and magazines (unless the author or artist chooses to use artistic expression).
7. Is it there, their, or they’re?
There can be an adverb or a pronoun. There is the car.
Their is a possessive adjective. It is their car.
They’re is a contraction of they +are. They’re driving the car.
8. Learn when to use contractions.
Even though I’m is a contraction, it cannot be used to shorten I am every time: This is who I
am. not This is who I’m.
9. There are exceptions to the rules.
The mnemonic I before E except after C will help you spell certain words; however, this
rule does not apply to some words like ancient, science, or society. Learn the rules of the
English language, then learn the exceptions.