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1. I think 1a) is correct. I would not use commas -- who was injured in the accident is important. It defines the girl in this sentence.2. Regarding that or who for the dog Bruno, Webster's Dictionary of English Usage says:In current usage, that refers to persons or things, ... , who chiefly...

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/runons.htm Run-on sentences happen typically under the following circumstances*: When an independent clause gives an order or directive based on what was said in the prior independent clause: This next chapter has a lot of difficult information in it,...

From Bryan Garner (Dictionary of Modern American Usage):Like a few other adverbs ... however often plays a role in run-on sentences. These sentences don't appear nearly as often in print as they do in informal writing, student papers, and the like. They read something like this: "I wanted to go...

1-- Not a grammatical error, I think-- just semantically inappropriate. We use start actively of other inanimate objects: in cold weather, my car won't start.2-- Without the semicolon, you have a comma-splice error: independent clauses joined with a comma but no conjunction.

I would use a semi-colon if I wanted to indicate a slightly longer pause than a comma. It's useful when you have several long coordinate clauses; the longer pause allows the content of each clause to be "digested" before you move on to the next. It's also useful where the connection between...

Here are a few suggestions. First, change increased to increase. The company's increase by over 200 percent. "Long- or short-term trend" might work better than your "only a sudden case." Then you have a series of adverb clauses. I'd separate them with semicolons. It will be easier to read...

I am not sure why you see the usage of this nonfinite clause differently from that of the others you mention, SB. As with the independent clause, that is a pronomial referring to astonishment and of Mr. Bennet an of-possessive:Are you perhaps disturbed by the semicolons? I am, since the clause...

Grammar aside, the purpose of writing is to clearly communicate with your reader. It's unwise to rely on your reader's knowledge of syntax to convey your meaning, so if there's a likelihood that the meaning will not be immediately clear, then re-write. If you really wanted to keep them...

Semicolon ( Punctuation sometimes regarded as a weak period or strong comma and used in ways similar to periods and commas. A semicolon can mark the end of a clause and indicate that a clause following is closely related to the previous clause. A semicolon can also divide a sentence to make...

Hi guys, "His situation was most suitable, quite the gentleman himself, and without low connections; at the same time not of any family that could fairly object to the doubtful birth of hers." Is there any reason the author uses a semicolon instead of a comma up there? This seems to me to be...