Structure’s sentence and types

1-Simple sentence : It expresses a complete thought, it contains

subj+verb+modifiers. → at least one independent clause.

2- Compound sentence: It includes two complete sentences ( independent

sentences) linked by a comma(,), semicolon( ;) + coordinators. These latters are
conjunction FANBOYS:

F: for A: and N: nor B: but O: or Y: yet S: so

3- Complex sentence: It includes a main clause and a subordinate clause using

subordinators such as because , since, when, while ,as, if, unless, whereas, as if,
in order that, until, whether, although, though, eventhough, where, after, before,
so that, whenever.....

4- Compound-complex sentence: It contains at least two main clauses and at

least one dependent clause.

General rules of capitalization and punctuation:

Capitalisation rules

We use capital letters to mark the beginning of a sentence and we use full stops
to mark the end of a sentence.

Capital letters are used with particular types of nouns, in certain positions in
sentences, and with some adjectives. You must always use capital letters for:

The beginning of a sentence .

The first person personal pronoun, I .

Names and titles of people.

Titles of works, books, movies .

Months of the year . Days of the week

Seasons .
Holidays .

Names of countries and continents

Names of regions, states, districts

Names of cities, towns, villages

Names of rivers, oceans, seas, lakes

Names of geographical formations

Adjectives relating to nationality

Collective nouns for nationalities

Language names

Names of streets, buildings, and parks .

Punctuation

The most common punctuation marks in English are: capital letters and full
stops, question marks, commas, colons and semi-colons, exclamation marks and
quotation marks.

General rules of punctuation

Comma (,)

use in a series of three or more entities.

use to separate two main clauses joined by and, but, for, nor, yet, or, so(
coordinators).

use with dates between day and year and after year in the middle of a sentence

use after introductory expressions beginning with :because, since, while, until,
if, despite, in spite of, etc...(subordinators).

use to set off titles such as M.A., Ph.D., Sr., Jr., Inc.