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Index

abbreviations, 70–2, 82 covering letter, 157–8
acronyms, 73–4 curriculum vitae CV, 149–55
adjectives, 6, 26
adverbs, 27–8 dashes, 39
apostrophes, 68–9 derivations, 64
application forms, 148, 155–9 dictionary, 63
articles, 10 direct speech, 46–8
autobiography, 7
essay writing, 99–105, 107
bibliography, 101 e-mail, 133, 148–9
biography, 8 envelopes, 140
blocking, 136 exclamation marks, 40

capital letters, 5 forms, 117–133
clauses, 21–5, 93–5 full stops, 32–3
dependent, 22
main, 22 gerunds, 13
clichés, 87
colons, 38 homonyms, 62–3
commas, 33–7 homophones, 59–62
comparisons, 84–5
comparative, 84 indirect speech, 49–50
positive, 84 initial letters, 73–4
superlative, 84–5 inverted commas, 46–9
consonants, 53
conjunctions (connectives), jargon, 86–7
21–4 justifying, 136
contractions, 72

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