Tham khảo tài liệu 'lỗi sai trong tiếng anh3', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | How to use this book Grammar Many grammatical queries can be listed individually or as a choice between two or three possibilities. Among these are as or like consist in or consist of different from to than due to or owing to fewer or less I me myself lay or lie passed or past shall or will should or would who or whom . between you and I Incorrect. Write between you and me. See PREPOSITIONS. theirselves Incorrect formation. See THEMSELVES. At other times however some grammatical points have necessarily to be grouped under general technical headings which sound rather forbidding. The entries themselves I hope will make all clear These entries are too long to be quoted here. I suggest that you look them up to see whether they deal with areas that cause you problems comparative and superlative double negatives nouns paragraphing participles possessive pronouns prepositions sequence of tenses split infinitives subjunctive IX How to use this book As well as using this book as a reference text its unwritten subtitle is A Friend at Your Elbow . I hope you will sometimes be tempted to browse and to follow up cross-references. Our language is a fascinating one and well repays careful attention. There will come a time when you no longer need the guidance this reference book offers. That will be real success Appendices At the end of the book there are three appendices for further reference Appendix A Literary terms Appendix B Parts of speech Appendix C Planning drafting and proofreading X A abandon abandoned abandoning abandonment not -bb- abattoir not -bb- abbreviate abbreviated abbreviating abbreviation not -b- abbreviations See CONTRACTIONS -able -ible Adjectives ending in -able or -ible can be difficult to spell because both endings sound identical. You ll always need to be on guard with these words and check each word individually when you are in doubt but here are some useful guidelines i Generally use -able when the companion word ends in -ation abominable abomination