Golden Grammar rules
That was so kind of you. (NOT Thanks for your so kind help.)
85. Only use unless to mean `except if'.
Compare:
I'll see you tomorrow unless I have to work.
I'll be really upset if I don't pass the exam. (NOT I'll be really upset unless I pass the exam.)
86. Use be with adjectives, not have with nouns, to talk about physical sensations
like cold, hunger, thirst etc.
I am thirsty. (NOT I have thirst.)
We are cold in this house. (NOT We have cold in this house.)
87. Don't use toinfinitives after can, could, will, would, may, might, shall, should or
must.
I can swim. (NOT I can to swim.)
Must you make so much noise? (NOT Must you to make so much noise?)
88. Use not, not no, to make sentences negative.
I'm not asleep. (NOT I'm no asleep.)
We are open on Saturdays, but not on Sundays. (NOT ... but no on Sundays.)
89. We don't usually use present tenses after past reporting verbs.
She told me she had a headache. (NOT She told me she has a headache.)
I asked him what he wanted