Master English grammar rules. Learn the difference between pronouns "who" and "whom," "whoever" and "whomever" as well as "that" and "which." Also, learn how to form adverbs from adjectives by adding the "ly" suffix. Making sense of English tenses is also possible with the help of certain rules. For example, if you are talking about an action that will happen in the future, use the future simple tense by adding "will" in front of the verb.
Learn spelling rules. Because English is somewhat similar to German and French, its spelling rules have distinct similarities to those two languages. For example, write "au" when you pronounce "o," such as in "automobile" and "Australia." Other spelling-pronunciation examples include "t" spelled as "ght" as in "thought" and "caught," and "u" spelled as "ough" as in "through."
Learn punctuation and spacing rules. The punctuation rules include rules on the usage of periods, commas, colons, semicolons, parentheses, hyphens, dashes and spacing. The spacing rules, applied primarily to typed texts, help determine the amount of space between words and sentences. For example, put only one space after periods, commas, colons, semicolons, exclamation points, question marks and quotation marks. Hyphens, on the other hand, do not require spaces, as in "thirty-five."
Understand capitalization rules. Capitalization rules tell you which words should be capitalized. Capitalize titles such as Mr. or Mrs. and proper nouns like Great Britain. Also, capitalize the first word in a quoted sentence and the first word in a sentence that follows another sentence with a semicolon: For example, "There are many English language rules: Capitalization and spacing rules, however, are not the most difficult to master."