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查看这些示例,以了解如何使用大写字母和撇号。
india celebrates independence day on 15 august.adam speaks
english, arabic and some persian.itll snow tonight.jane house this week.
grammar explanationcapitalisationthere are lots of times when you need to use capital letters – for example, to start a sentence or for the pronoun?i. here are some other important rules for using them.
days, months and holidayswe capitalise days of the week, months and festivals, but not seasons.
his birthday party is on thursday.schools are closed at christmas.it rains a lot in april and may, but the summer is very dry.
names of people and placeswe capitalise the names of people and places, including streets, planets, continents and countries.
bea jankowski has lived on church street in manchester for 20 years.the earth is the third planet from the sun.russia is in both europe and asia.
words that come from the names of places – for example?languages, nationalities and adjectives that refer to people or things from a country, region or city – are capitalised. we also capitalise nouns and adjectives that come from the names of religions.
some canadians speak french.londoners eat a lot of indian food.most muslims fast during the day for ramadan.
titles and names of institutionsthe names of organisations and usually the important words in book and film titles are capitalised. when
a persons job title goes before their name, capitalise both. if the title is separate from their name, capitalise only their name.
salome zourabichvili, the president of georgia, is visiting president alvi tomorrow.the chief executive officer?lives in new york.we are reading?war and peace?with ms ioana, our teacher.
apostropheswe use an apostrophe to show a contraction or possession.
contractionswe use an apostrophe to show where there are missing letters in contractions.
its = it is)dont = will not)she cans = she has)id = i would)youll = you will)
** note that?its?is a contraction of?it is?or?it has.?its?is a possessive form of the pronoun?it.
the dog is chasing its tail.are you sure its ok for me to ring you so early?its rained a lot this week.
possessionwe also use an apostrophe with the letter?s?after a noun (normally?a
person, animal or group) to show that the noun owns someone or something.
my cats favourite toy is a small, red ball.sadiqs parents live in liverpool.south koreas economy is growing.?
singular or pluralwe use?s?when the possessor is singular.
maries mother is going to hong kong.
we also use?s?when the possessor is a plural noun that does not end in?s.
the peoples republic of chinamy cousin writes childrens books.
when a plural noun ends in?s, we put the apostrophe after the?s?(s).
this is a picture of my parents house.our friends new car is red. she just got it yesterday.our friends new car is red. they just got it yesterday.
when a singular noun ends in?s, we generally use?s.
jamess brother-in-law is german.he has a collection of dickenss novels.