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Speech Marks
Section Ten — Language and Grammar

Speech marks (quotation marks) are yet another thing the examiner will be looking out for.

Speech Marks Show Someone’s Actually Speaking

Always Start Speech with a Capital Letter

End Speech with a Question Mark, Full Stop or Comma

You have to get your punctuation RIGHT

Actually remembering to use speech marks is easy enough — it's working out where all the punctuation goes that's the problem. But it's not impossible, so stop worrying and learn the rules.

Negatives

’No’ Isn’t the Only Negative Word

Don’t Use Double Negatives

1) The main thing to remember is that words ending in '-n't' are negative...

2) ...so you don't need to add 'no' or 'not'.

The Word “None” has Three Meanings

Stop being so negative — it’s not that bad

"I can't get no satisfaction/' sang The Rolling Stones. But I bet they wouldn't be feeling so smug with their fancy lifestyles if they knew they'd broken one of the basic rules of English grammar.