I would have to be one of the world’s worst writers when it comes to rights and wrongs of sentence structure.  Yet, I would still like to share a few tips with you and maybe help someone improve their writing even though I forget to do these myself. I tend to rush through and forget the rules.

 “Apostrophes “

This must be one of the most confusing little blighters, trying to work out where to put it.  An apostrophe shows that a letter or group of letters is missing.  Instead of saying, “he is”, we say he’s.  He’ll instead of “he will”.  They’re instead of “they are”.

We use apostrophes to show ownership.  This is where many people make mistakes; it is very confusing.

The dog’s collar. If it belongs to the dog, it is before the s.

The dogs’ collars.  If it is plural then it is after the s.

When writing” its”, only use an apostrophe when it is short for “it is”

Not when you say “put the bird in its cage”.  As you can see in this circumstance, you cannot write “put the bird in it is cage”.

The best way to remember this one is-use i before e except after c. Believe is “I” before e. Deceive and receive is after the c.

The exception to this rule is - Weir, weird and seize.

Do not put anything between- to and a verb - to skip, to feel.

Active or passive verbs (Learn more)

Where possible write in the active voice not the passive.

Jack was driving the car (active). The car was being driven by Jack (passive).

Beginning sentences has always been a bug bare of mine.  Therefore, I am giving you a few examples of different ways of starting sentences.

Readers will become bored if you keep using the same leads throughout your pages of writing.  So experiment and try something different.