Brackets, ellipses, colons and semi-colons

In this course you learn about brackets, ellipses, colons and semi-colons. This course is ideal for intermediate learners.

Introduction

Round brackets, otherwise known as parentheses, are most commonly used in everyday text. Brackets are punctuation marks used within a sentence to include information that is not essential to the main point.  Information within parentheses is usually ‘extra’ to the sentence; if it were removed, the sentence would still make perfectly good sense.

You will learn

1. Definitions of 'singular' and 'plural'
2. Basic regular plurals
3. Basic rules for apostophes
4. Basic rules for irregular plurals
5. Practical examples of irregular plurals
6. Spotting mistakes