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I ve come across the term adjective appositive and adverb appositive a few times and I m just wondering if this is widely used Is it an incorrect description of a construction that should be called something else I m asking this because I always see appositives defined as nouns or noun phrases...

Hi It s OK for you to submit this letter to a Belgian university in English Please read carefully to pick up my small suggestions eg commas indent the start of your paragraphs Dear Sir I wish to apply as a transfer student to the bachelor program offered at University College Maastricht I am...

curious why the difference in comma usage exists between introductory prepositional phrases and other introductory elements I don t know precisely why but my educated guess is that verb phrases are the main driving force behind the majority of the comma rules When a subordinate clause is placed...

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 the earthquake...

Semicolon is used besides else to separate two sentences that are closely related complex items in the listThis 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 the earthquake semicolons should not used...

I suggest you not leave spaces before periods or commas Also the __ are for you to fill in e g animal_ means you should add something to the end of the word Fith_for_Fear wrote Many environmental experts are pessimistic about the future of our planet especially the wildlife extinction Reality...

Englishuser wrote Hi Calif Jim You asked Which do you find ungrammatical Or what does your book say if that s the source of your question Number 2 is ungrammatical according to grammar books Number 1 and number 3 are both all right and represent good idiomatic English So why did I ask this...

1 Studies on the quality of information in journal advertising have examined different outcome measures in a number of countries at different times and have applied different methodologies I deleted your commas and added have I hope I have expressed the correct hierarchy as your original did not...

Now that I ve created a user account I m no longer anon I was the original poster of this question You basically answered my question that the commas aren t absolutely necessary but can be used My argument was that they are not necessary For number two the situation in question fell under the...

Edited later CJ has given you a better reply while I was typing mine But anyway this is my take on it First question my attempt maximum minimum are adjectives it is the noun that needs an article You have to limit the number of numbers scores right Regarding your second question the cobuild...