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1. I am worried about my commas and semi-colon usage. When I listed the things he volunteers for, did I need to use a comma or a semicolon when I said "a few of his favorites are" Maybe you should use a colon, rather than a semicolon. 2. "He said if the hurricane were going to be as strong as...

Good evening everyone, I have just started to write my first essay since high school. It is very intimidating to me because I do not make it a habit to write very often. I have started the journal, and it seems to help a little. I was wondering if you would please take a look at what I have...

Hey I am working on the same assignment as you, that weird that I happend to come to this website, I am g\having problems too. I am pretty sure that there should be semicolon where the comma is on number 1.

Not "seldomly"; seldom is already an adverb. There's no such adjective.Generally speaking that might be fine, but I was stumped; it seemed so subjective.I disagree with Marius that a comma is appropriate here. I'd say... I was stumped; it seemed so subjective.... I was stumped. It seemed so...

Ever since its birth, this dog has been with Larry. Now, the dog was malodorous, old, crippled and blind, but Larry was always with it. (The adj. stinky is too colloquial to be employed in written English.) Larry's roommate, John, wanted to get rid of the dog because he was bothered by the...

Hi, England went through globalization in the 1930s the English people felt angry towards the US England went through globalization in the 1930s. The English people felt angry towards the US. Next time, please try to post your question about your sentence. eg Is this correct, please? Best...

England went through globalization in the 1930s the English people felt angry towards the US.

Semicolon or m-dash. Or a full stop, which might be most effective.

"Place commas and periods inside, not outside, quotation marks. Place all other punctuation outside quotation marks unless it was contained in the original source. Follow this practice whether or not the comma is part of the original quotation. The general rule is that commas and periods should...

Mister Micawber wrote: Semicolon is used, besides else, to separate two sentences that are closely related complex items in the list This information is right, Aperisic; however, in your--I was in the house number 21, 32 and 45; and the garages, patios and windows were all destroyed by...