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Hi Another approach is to simply use two sentences and thus avoid this punctuation problem This will also make it a little easier for the reader to see your meaning We need to make changes These are to come in three areas of our operation operational administrative and financial By the way it s...

Believer wrote Hi Please let me know if there can be any internal punctuation marks as long as it is appropriate in the clause that follows a semicolon We need to change changes are to come in three areas of our operation operational administrative and finance It s a little unusual but not wrong...

Hi Please let me know if there can be any internal punctuation marks as long as it is appropriate in the clause that follows a semicolon We need to change changes are to come in three areas of our operation operational administrative and finance

Hi Welcome to the Forum As a result the cow s milk is highly desirable for cheese production and consequently the Bass Strait Dairy Company is internationally recognised for its award winning premium produce I would like to know is it grammatically correct Yes but see the following comments about...

1 The comma is correct it s the convention for dialogue punctuation in fiction I suppose this holds true for film quotes too 2 Generally there are two ways to treat Dirty Hairy shouldn t this be Dirty Harry Apposition in Clint Eastwood s 1971 film Dirty Hairy what you did with Harry Callahan As...

Hi Market Some aspects of punctuation are a matter of style I believe So here is what I would do Market wrote 1 But she s right where would I go B But she s right where would I go OR But she s right Where would I go 2 Boy you must be lost Agree 3 Oh one more thing can you cook A Oh one more thing...

Thanks Barbara I seached for comma splice on the Internet after I saw your reply and consulted a book on punctuation By Oxford University Press What I understood is comma splice is a common error that most of the people often make The book said It s not normally correct to join the clauses of a...

Philip wrote Inchoateknowledge wrote All the test animals therefore were reexamined no All the test animals therefore were reexamined yes Punctuation is often a matter of rethoric and taste But there are also general rules A semicolon just doesn t work it must be used between two independent...

Inchoateknowledge wrote All the test animals therefore were reexamined no All the test animals therefore were reexamined yes Punctuation is often a matter of rethoric and taste But there are also general rules A semicolon just doesn t work it must be used between two independent clauses...

Hi Could somebody please help me with this problem with punctuation in the middle of a that clause and the rule for it I punctuate in verbatim text I cannot change the word to another one to fit a grammar rule I need a rule to follow or give someone concerning the word that as in the examples...