http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.enCSMOD (Build: 3191.21962)http://www.englishforums.com/English/Punctuation/2/vrdvg/Post.htm#335025Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:09:34 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:335025Grammar Geek0http://www.englishforums.com/English/Punctuation/2/vrdvg/Post.htm#335025http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-335025.xml<P>Your punctuation is okay, but you have a few other problems. Remember that sentences start with capital letters, and so do names.</P> <P>He is honest, but Ali is mean.</P><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Punctuation/2/vrdvc/Post.htm#335021Fri, 02 Mar 2007 18:44:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:335021Anonymous2http://www.englishforums.com/English/Punctuation/2/vrdvc/Post.htm#335021http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-335021.xml<P>he is honest,but ali ismean.</P><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/PunctuationRules/2/dpbnw/Post.htm#324776Mon, 05 Feb 2007 19:52:36 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:324776Anonymous10http://www.englishforums.com/English/PunctuationRules/2/dpbnw/Post.htm#324776http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-324776.xml<P>A period is ends a statement.Like,I like icecream.</P><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Punctuation/2/bpwx/Post.htm#9398Mon, 29 Sep 2003 00:05:04 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:9398Arthur9http://www.englishforums.com/English/Punctuation/2/bpwx/Post.htm#9398http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-9398.xmlHowever, "punctuation is an essential part of written communication."http://www.englishforums.com/English/Punctuation/xjp/post.htm#4214Wed, 13 Aug 2003 14:59:29 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4214kitkattail4http://www.englishforums.com/English/Punctuation/xjp/post.htm#4214http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-4214.xmlOh, no worries. I'm not as snivelly as all that.<img src="/emoticons/emotion-5.gif" alt="Wink [;)]" /> <br />I don't think it has a name. As I said, it's not a grammatical error, really, but merely a stylistic error. I would just call it redundancy, myself.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Punctuation/xwj/post.htm#4191Wed, 13 Aug 2003 09:15:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4191Jacko5http://www.englishforums.com/English/Punctuation/xwj/post.htm#4191http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-4191.xmlDo you know what it's called though? I would really like to know because learning new stuff is fun (haha, the geeky side in me is kicking again lol)! I used some stupid techniques when I write my essay, such as purposely making two sentences redundant side by side. I guess it's nice to break those stupid grammar rules every once in a while. <br /> <br />BTW, I hope you didn't take my post in a negative way because it's really hard to convey emotions by reading ASCII characters. <br />http://www.englishforums.com/English/Punctuation/xvn/post.htm#4127Tue, 12 Aug 2003 23:07:10 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4127kitkattail6http://www.englishforums.com/English/Punctuation/xvn/post.htm#4127http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-4127.xmlOh, yes yes, I know. I wasn't trying to be witty by committing my own error; I was merely expressing my hatred of the comma splice. (Note the semicolon in the previous sentence... you see?<img src="/emoticons/emotion-5.gif" alt="Wink [;)]" />) <br />The evil, evil, etc. thing is not technically wrong, merely redundant and kind of stupid. As you said, it's a conversational thing, and that's how I was using it. I find it sort of quaint.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Punctuation/xdp/post.htm#4112Tue, 12 Aug 2003 18:55:44 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4112Jacko8http://www.englishforums.com/English/Punctuation/xdp/post.htm#4112http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-4112.xml"It is an evil, evil, evil, evil thing." <br /> <br />This is not a comma splice. I don't know what it's called, but I certainly don't see two independent clauses here. Also, in writing, this (evil, evil, evil, evil) can easily be avoided because writing this way makes writing carry a conversational tone. However, I guess this is acceptable if you can (try hard to) weave it to create a good stylistic effect on paper.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Punctuation/xch/post.htm#4087Tue, 12 Aug 2003 15:02:04 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4087hitchhiker8http://www.englishforums.com/English/Punctuation/xch/post.htm#4087http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-4087.xmlAlso see our <a href="/English/Post/xnz/Post.htm" title="frequently asked questions">frequently asked questions</a>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Punctuation/xbd/post.htm#4066Tue, 12 Aug 2003 09:37:36 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4066maj9http://www.englishforums.com/English/Punctuation/xbd/post.htm#4066http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-4066.xml"You have to be cruel to be kind"http://www.englishforums.com/English/Punctuation/xrh/post.htm#4053Tue, 12 Aug 2003 08:37:26 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4053kitkattail10http://www.englishforums.com/English/Punctuation/xrh/post.htm#4053http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-4053.xmlAs far as I'm concerned, the most important punctuation rule is that the comma splice should be avoided. It is an evil, evil, evil, evil thing. It is the bane of my existence.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Punctuation/mbn/post.htm#3498Tue, 05 Aug 2003 01:41:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:3498hitchhiker11http://www.englishforums.com/English/Punctuation/mbn/post.htm#3498http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-3498.xmlI was always told to "keep punctuation to a minimum!". Apparently native English speakers use too much in their writing.http://www.englishforums.com/English/PunctuationRules/lpc/post.htmMon, 04 Aug 2003 17:39:57 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:3436maj12http://www.englishforums.com/English/PunctuationRules/lpc/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-3436.xmlCould somebody post the most basic punctuation rules, the ones that we should all respect?