Regler for engelsk grammatik og skrivning

Don´t use any double negatives – brug ikke dobbelt-nægtelser

(I don´t have no/any money left)

Make each pronoun agree with its antecedent – pronomenet skal passe i person og tal med det ord, det står i stedet for

(He made this dinner himself/herself/themselves)

When a sentence is shortened with participles, make sure the participle corresponds with the right word – Når en sætning skrives med –ingform uden subject, skal man sørge for at det underforståede subject for ing-formen er korrekt

(Raising his glass he said “Bottoms up!” – når ing-formen indleder en sætning, skal den have same subject som sætningen)

(I don´t like him/his saying so)

Don´t use commas which aren´t necessary – kommaer må ikke adskille noget, der hører logisk sammen på engelsk, fx bestemmende relativsætninger

(My dog (,) which is three years old (,) is called Freja

I have two dogs. The one (,) which is three years old (,) is the youngest)

Verbs have to agree with their subjects – kongruens!

The women in my village is/are/am/ all very kind

Avoid sentence fragments – undgå sætningsfragmenter / ufuldstændige sætninger

Try not ever to split infinitives – prøv ikke at skille infinitiver

It is important to use your apostrophes correctly – det er vigtigt at bruge apostroffer korrekt(The girl´s/girls`)shoes were gone, but they had at least remembered their books)