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Commas
1) between two or more items in list of words:
Red, pink, yellow and white roses filled the huge vases
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2) after a subordinate adverbial clause, after a phrase which comes before the main clause, after long clauses and phrases:
a) When the sun is shining brightly above, the wprld seems a happier place.
b)In the summer of 1987, many trees died.
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3) After non-finite or verbless clause, at the beginning of a sentense:
a) To get there on time, she left half and hour earlu
b) Happy and contened, the cat felt asleep
4)To separate: therefore, however, by the way, for instance, in fact, yes, no, of course, on the contrary, o the other hand, consequently, furthermore, moreover, nevertheless, in the first place, firctly, unfortunatelly.
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5) Before&after any element, which interrupts the phrase:
The fire, although it had been burning for several hours, will still blazing fiercely.
6)"extra information"
Queen Elizabeth II, who is very popular monarch, celebrated her Silver Jubilee in 1977
: The hills that seprate Lancashire from Yorkshire are calles Pennies
7) Between main clauses linked by a conjunction (and, as, but, for, or), esp. when the first clause is long:
We had been loking forward to meeting Ann's husband, but discovered he was not as pleasant as we hoped.
8) before as, for, since meaning "because"
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11) :
Seeng the dog approaching, he ran off down the street.
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I look forward to hearing from you,
Yours faithfully,
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Advice
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1). Advice , , , . , — , , . , advice — , .
advice , some, any, much, little:
He gave me good advice. . , .
All his advice was useful. . .
got very little {much) advice from him. () .
Could I ask you for some advice? — ?
2). (, ) a piece of advice, one or two pieces of advice.
3). : fruit — , , information — , ; knowledge — , ; homework — , ; research — , ; hair — , .
advise
, : to advise smth— -; to advise smb smth — - -; to advise smb to do smth— - -; to advise doing smth — -
1). to advise — to advise smb to do smth, , : (-) -.
. — advised us to see this film.
to advise, to invite, to order, to remind, to allow, to persuade, to teach, to ask, to recommend, to tell, to forbid.
2). , , to advise : / don't advise flying, the weather is bad. I wouldn't advise taking a car. Cp. / wouldn't advise you to take a car. advise doing smth to allow, to forbid, to teach, to recommend.
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Dates
1) In spoken Britain English we use ordinal numbers for dates. We usually say and write the day, then the month, then year. We also usually say the before the days and of before the month.
e.g.
We say: the eleventh of February, two thousand and seven
We write: 11 ( or 11th ) February 2007 or 11/02/07
We say: the thirtieth of August, two thousand and five
We write: 30 ( or 30th ) August 2005 or 30/08/05
2) In American English, we usually say and write the month, then the day, then the year. We don't use of and the.
e.g.
We say: January tenth, nineteen nineteen ninety-seven
We write: January 10 ( or 10th ) 1997 or 01/10/97
we say: October twenty-first, two thousand three
We write: October 21 ( or 21st ) 2003 or 10/21/03
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