In Punctuation^x, Commas^x

I never know wheater or not to add a comma after 'he said' or 'she said'. I have seen different authors use different styles of punctuation, but still don't know the correct method! Is the comma in the following sentence correct? “I am not no cocky dude,” he said, as a smile began to overtake...

hi everybody, I've just started to study English as my second subject and now we have to hand in a summary of 12 pages of texts. The texts are all about features of the English character. Could anybody tell me what they think about my summary or what I could change? Even if most characteristics...

Hi,Since it's a matter of style, you can find different opinions. Here are only two.The first one tells you not to add any ellipsis points; the second one suggests using four dots: three to indicate the ellipsis, plus a period. Just choose SOURCE 1, based on the Chigago Manual of Style ... if...

Fortu wrote:hi everybody... I have to write 5 topic sentences about the Typhoon Krosa and I'm not absolutely sure whether I did it right. Would be very nice if someone could have a look at them and tell me, whether the sentences are good as topic sentences. 1) China's eastern coast prepares...

Commas and periods go inside the quotation marks only in American English. I'm American, so they look great that way; but I'm not sure it would be helpful to teach this in Europe. I normally just tell my students how the British do it.

My assignment is to type a Descriptive/Informative Essay. I am graded 50% on content, 40% on grammar and mechanics, and 10% on style. Could anyone read my essay and suggest some corrections? Please bold or make corrections visible. The help will be greatly appreciated.Here are grammatical...

Mister Micawber wrote:No commas-- these sentences have compound verbs.I think there is a difference between BrE and AmE in regard to the punctuation of the sentences.He went to the park, then went to his friends' 'He passed his exams and then went to university'He looked at her, then turned...

1)I am not good at punctuation but I wouldn't use a comma. In fact, you can't use a comma with that. If you want to use which, it is unnecessary to use a comma wtih which in this sentence. But you can use a comma with wihich in such a sentnece: Her not loving me really gave me a great pain,...

Neeraj Jain wrote: Hi Mister Micawber, "We wanted to buy a necklace as a present for my mother, because her birthday was coming soon." Should there be a comma before because? I guess that because is not a coordinating conjunction. NeeRaj, Many volunteers on this forum are natives with...

The main clause in the sentence is "a place such as Shangri-La actually existing seems like the slimmest of possibilities." You generally use a comma after a dependent clause that precedes the main clause, as you have here. Not that you asked, but other edits I'd make: Due to sheer length of...