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Does it make any difference that the first example has an imbedded yes no question Will they work in such terrible conditions whereas the other two examples do not I don t write sentences like the examples you have been giving in this thread so I don t feel competent to comment They just seem to...

A is an interesting one Hela Dashes are presumably casual colons and I find the same problem with both of them If it looks too awkward or unclear I recast as an unpunctuated clause B This is one of the special cases in which you are permitted to use an apostrophe to make a plural it seems evident...

The other day I read the following let her rip where her replaced car also i read The dog broke his leg ships are referred to as she My question is is it correct to refer to objects and animals as he or she Could you please elaborate on this matter It is a grey area to me By the way does anybody...

Hi I have the following grammar questions Do please help me with the correct answers to the following questions Thanking you in anticipation Regards Manu 1 Choose the sentence that illustrates the correct agreement of subject and verb A Either the students or the teacher have made a mistake B...

Hi Clive and thanks for the reply I agree about sentences becoming shorter It seems like there used to be longer sentences with more commas and semicolons and that s part of what I like about those novels It is a more complex form of writing and I m not sure some of the modern authors could...

Hi Franco Welcome to the Forum Nobody would have expected the sun to shine on such an evening as this Yet it appeared low down upon the sea Not with its natural golden fringe sweeping the furthest ends of the landscape not with the strange glare of whiteness which it sometimes puts on as an...

Hi guys I m working on my punctuation and am reading a lot of books I come across loads of examples where the punctuation does not make sense according to a punctuation book I have been reading I wonder if I could just ask some questions about the paragraph below which is from a Thomas Hardy book...

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 you should...

Davkett wrote I actually don t see semi colons very much I m afraid that future generations will read 2 as a sentence interrupted by a winking smiley

Clive wrote I tell my students that once per month is more than enough Without this kind of advice people will often write pages that are full of semi colons in almost every sentence I prefer no 2 I actually don t see semi colons very much Perhaps Clive you made a far reaching impact