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# Text ## 15 Linking ### A1 - and, but, or, because, so ### A2 - Short responses: So do I, Me neither, I think so - Sequencing: first, then, after that, finally ### B1 - Paired conjunctions: both … and, either … or - Linking words for writing ### B2 - Ellipsis & substitution 1 - Emphasis 1: I do like it; What I need is… - Inversion 1: Not only…, So do I - Discourse markers ### C1 - Negative inversion: Never have I… - Inversion after place adverbials & so/such - Cleft sentences - Fronting, extraposition & end-weight - Ellipsis & substitution 2 - Cohesion: the former, the latter, thereby - Hedging & boosting ### C2 - Stylistic inversion: Try as he might… - Information structure: expert ## 16 Style ### A1 - Capital letters, full stops & question marks ### A2 - Contractions & apostrophes - Commas in lists & capital letters ### B1 - Commas & direct speech ### B2 - Colons, semicolons, dashes & sentence types ### C1 - Register: formal & informal grammar - Spoken grammar 1 - Punctuation 4: long sentences ### C2 - The subjunctive - Spoken grammar 2 - Academic grammar - The grammar of rhetoric - Telegraphic grammar: headlines & notes - Literary & archaic forms - US vs UK grammar & other Englishes - Prescriptive rules vs real usage - Expert punctuation - Concision - Error mastery: the 100 most common errors

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