Spokenx

  Here are 20 simple rules and tips to help you avoid mistakes in English grammar. For more comprehensive rules please look under the appropriate topic (part of speech etc) on our   grammar   and other pages. 1. A sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a period/full stop, a question mark or an exclamation mark.   see Punctuation T he fat cat sat on the mat . W here do you live ? M y dog is very clever ! 2. The order of a basic positive sentence is Subject-Verb-Object. (Negative and question sentences may have a different order.) John loves Mary . They were driving their car  to Bangkok. 3. Every sentence must have a subject and a verb. An object is optional. Note that an imperative sentence may have a verb only, but the subject is understood. John teaches . John teaches  English. Stop! (ie  You stop !) 4. The  subject and verb must agree in number , that is a singular subject needs a singular verb and a plural subject needs a plural verb. John  works  in London. That monk