Correct english 9 docx

You CAN go now (= are permitted).

caning or canning? cane + ing = caning

CANING is now banned in all schools.

Can + ing = canning

The CANNING factory is closing down.

(See ADDING ENDINGS (i) and (ii).)

canister (not -nn-)

cannon or canon? A CANON is a cleric.

A CANNON is a large gun.

cannot or can not? Both forms are acceptable but the second

is rarely seen.

canoe canoed, canoeing, canoeist

See ADDING ENDINGS (ii).

canon See CANNON OR CANON?.

can’t Contraction of CANNOT.

canvas or canvass? CANVAS is a rough cloth.

To CANVASS is to ask for votes.

capital letters Use a capital letter in these circumstances:

" to begin a sentence:

My father will be fifty tomorrow.

" to begin sentences of direct speech:

‘You will be sorry for this in the

morning,’ she said.

She said, ‘You will be sorry for this in

the morning. You never learn.’

" for the pronoun ‘I’ wherever it comes

in the sentence:

You know that I have no money.

" for all proper nouns – names of:

people (Mary Browne)

countries (Malta)

CANING OR CANNING?

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