http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3614.32638)http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThePunctuationFaq/2/vkwn/Post.htm#417001Sun, 24 May 2009 03:43:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:417001English_Learner0http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThePunctuationFaq/2/vkwn/Post.htm#417001http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-417001.xmlYoong Liat wrote: It should be 'sense'. I believe this is a typo. You're right, it should be 'sense'. Thank you.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThePunctuationFaq/2/vkwn/Post.htm#416994Sat, 24 Jan 2009 04:43:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:416994Yoong Liat1http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThePunctuationFaq/2/vkwn/Post.htm#416994http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-416994.xmlEnglish_Learner wrote: Yoong Liat wrote: English_Learner wrote: Thank you very much. It was very usefull for me. It should be 'useful'. (Is it a typo?) Thank you for pointing it out. Unfortunately that was a mistake, to be honest (it doesn't make any sence to say it was a typo ). It should be 'sense'. I believe this is a typo.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThePunctuationFaq/2/vkwn/Post.htm#416990Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:43:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:416990English_Learner2http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThePunctuationFaq/2/vkwn/Post.htm#416990http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-416990.xmlYoong Liat wrote: English_Learner wrote: Thank you very much. It was very usefull for me. It should be 'useful'. (Is it a typo?) Thank you for pointing it out. Unfortunately that was a mistake, to be honest (it doesn't make any sence to say it was a typo ).http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThePunctuationFaq/2/vkwn/Post.htm#416976Sun, 24 May 2009 03:43:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:416976Yoong Liat3http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThePunctuationFaq/2/vkwn/Post.htm#416976http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-416976.xmlEnglish_Learner wrote: Thank you very much. It was very usefull for me. It should be 'useful'. (Is it a typo?)http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThePunctuationFaq/vkwn/post.htm#416974Sun, 24 May 2009 03:43:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:416974English_Learner4http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThePunctuationFaq/vkwn/post.htm#416974http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-416974.xmlThank you very much. It was very usefull for me.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThePunctuationFaq/vkwn/post.htm#269157Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:43:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:269157Anonymous5http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThePunctuationFaq/vkwn/post.htm#269157http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-269157.xmlThis isn't really punctuation, but a grammar question: Is " The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in a good education" grammatically correct? Shouldn't it be "lies"?http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThePunctuationFaq/vkwn/post.htm#262965Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:43:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:262965Yoong Liat6http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThePunctuationFaq/vkwn/post.htm#262965http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-262965.xmlHello Meadow Spring You wrote an article entitled "What Are Brothers Good For?" and asked whether a period is necessary. Please note that a period at the end of the above title will make the sentence grammatically wrong. Best regardshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ThePunctuationFaq/vkwn/post.htm#119269Sat, 24 Jan 2009 04:43:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:119269Anonymous7http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThePunctuationFaq/vkwn/post.htm#119269http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-119269.xmlTHANK U VERY MUCH , AND I WILL KEEP ON READING YOUR TEXTS BECOUSE , I WANT TO BECOME A VERY GOOD SPEAKER AND WRITER OF OF THIS LANGUAGE . IT IS MY HOPE THAT THROUGH VISITING YOUR SITE I WILL BENEFIT IN LARGE EXTENT BECOUSE MY GREAT EXPECTATIONS ARE TO BE ONE OF PEOPLE WHO CAN EVEN CARRECT SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO EITHER SPEAK OR WRITE BROKEN ENGLISH. THAKS AND GOOD BYE yours sincerely philipgadi.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThePunctuationFaq/vkwn/post.htm#69413Tue, 24 Mar 2009 04:43:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:69413MeadowSpring8http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThePunctuationFaq/vkwn/post.htm#69413http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-69413.xmlHello, I am also new to this forum. This is a great place! I wonder if any of you have come across the following question. Is it correct to add a period anywhere at the end of a sentence constructed like this: I wrote an article entitled "What Are Brothers Good For?"http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThePunctuationFaq/vkwn/post.htm#35022Sun, 24 May 2009 03:43:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:35022MissV9http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThePunctuationFaq/vkwn/post.htm#35022http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-35022.xmlHi, I wondered if there is a difference in quotation marks, when the person is merely thinking a section of text, but not actually verbalizing it. As an example, a woman thinking to herself, forms a conclusion; Medora shook her head and looked away and thought to herself, "What am I thinking? It's too late for that. Oh, it was stupid of me to bring it up."http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThePunctuationFaq/vkwn/post.htm#29440Sun, 24 May 2009 03:43:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:29440corgilan10http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThePunctuationFaq/vkwn/post.htm#29440http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-29440.xmlThanks very much for taking the time to post this FAQ! I am new to this forum and looking for information on the use of the en dash and em dash. I am a graphic designer and web designer. I am currently taking a course in which the instructor provided the following information about these punctuation marks. However, there was quite a lot of discussion about them and the accuracy of the information supplied. So, I thought I would put them forward here to see if you could provide and validation or corrections. Thanks in advance for your help. corgilan Hyphen (-): In punctuation, use only for hyphenating words. There are no spaces before or after the hyphen. In writing mathematical expressions, use as the...http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThePunctuationFaq/vkwn/post.htm#22860Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:43:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:22860chris11http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThePunctuationFaq/vkwn/post.htm#22860http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-22860.xmlI've just added this to the grammar FAQ page. Thanks Rommie, I'm sure many students will find this extremely helpful!http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThePunctuationFaq/vkwn/post.htmSat, 24 Jan 2009 04:43:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:22691rommie12http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThePunctuationFaq/vkwn/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-22691.xmlThe (incomplete) Punctuation FAQ Hopefully this will grow in time, as other questions are asked and answered, and other people add to this. Hopefully (!) some kind moderator or adminstrator will mark this thread as sticky. INTRODUCTION In grammar, the rules are forged in a delicate balance between history and culture. History defines the formal rules, culture defines the usage rules, and most of the English-speaking world resides somewhere between the two. You can make a new usage rule merely by inventing it and using it, but the only way to make a new formal rule is wait for a very long time - these rules do change, but they change slowly. Punctuation rules, on the other hand, change much, much faster. These rules are set...