In Punctuation^x, Grammar^x

Pucca wrote:A person who asks lots of questions? I have two in mind..but I really wonder who you are, Anon! I have no idea. He (or maybe she) has a simple and clear style of writing, no strange mistakes or typos, punctuation is generally ok... It really seems a post written by me! (apart...

Newguy wrote: Hai all, I am from India and a first time user of this forum. I am working a muilti national software company, in a techinical post. I want to improve my spoken English and also Written english. 1. I can speak 60% good and fluent english and want to improve it. Any online...

Yoong Liat wrote:Should the full stop be inside or outside the quotation marks?Hi Yoong,I think there are other threads about that, and if I'm not mistaken, I read that putting the period inside is common in the US, putting it outside is common in the UK. But as always, since it's more a matter...

Dear Mr. Smith, Hope you are doing well. This is Nancy with the City of ABC. We’re are in the process of creating a brand for the city to have a brand that would represent the city it as a whole so we decided to have a branding contest. We want citizens to join this contest. I believe we have to...

Feebs11 wrote:They carry identical meanings.You could of course get round it by saying 'NOTE: When you reply to my post, please look for mistakes in grammar, syntax or punctuation, and let me know of any suggestions you have. Thank you.'' Hi Feebs, Could I write: ''NOTE: When you reply to...

Could someone please have a look at the answers for 'grammar' and 'interpretation' mistakes? After spending hours, days, even weeks on them I feel they are not quite right, and don’t sparkle. I am not sure if grammar, sentence structure, flow, punctuation, mood and tense are presented in a manner...

Hi BbmakI would either write two separate sentences, or separate "APB Opinion No.20 is superseded by the FASB.154" from the rest of the sentence with punctuation other than commas. For example:APB Opinion No.20 is superseded by the FASB.154. The old rule only requires companies to report the...

It is NOT true that each bullet must have a full stop, nor is it true that grammar is not important. Here are Barbara's point for bullets: Be consistent in each bullet Use end punctuation in each one, or use no end punctuation on each one, but don't mix them Make them all parallel in...

Could someone please have a look at the answers for grammar and interpretation mistakes? After spending hours, days, even weeks on them I feel they are not quite right, and don’t sparkle. I am not sure if grammar, sentence structure, flow, punctuation, mood and tense are presented in a manner...

Differences between Past simple & Past perfect (simple)From my point of view the sentence "I have written 3 pages of my essay today." means, that I haven't finished it yet. Some work is done ("I have done something already.") and I will work on it later in the future.And the sentence "I wrote...