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Can someone please help me with this question. I really am confused about this one and really need some help. In reading my English books I seem to get different answers. My goodness English has alot of rules and I am studing really hard, but this one has me baffeled. Thanks for any help you...

Well, you asked for an OPINION, so here's mine: I have an unorthodox view on punctuation. I don't really regard it as part of grammar proper. Like spelling, punctuation is an artifact of writing, of WRITTEN language. Grammar existed long before writing existed. Puncuation did not. I therefore...

As a professional DTP person, I originally learnt, when learning to type, to have two spaces after a full stop, one after other punctuation. I then read a publication by Adobe, which explained that in the days of monospaced typewriters it was necessary to have two spaces after a full stop because...

In the following sentence should there be any commas? Do I have the period properly placed? After she began the party she said "I am going home." Thanks for any help you can provide to me.

Regarding punctuation, the grammar books are in disagreement about that one. Superfluous commas are generally better than insufficient commas, however, so I'd err on the side of overpunctuating whenever in doubt. Of course, you could replace "i.e" with "that is", and then the problem would go...

Ooh goody - a grammatical gray area. People disagree about this one. I believe that TECHNICALLY, since "I am going to dinner" is a clause, it follows that the clause should be separated from the rest of the text, and so TECHNICALLY, a comma is required. I think that in the somewhat similar...

Hello, I learnt many years ago and was taught that after a full stop you should leave two spaces and after a comma leave one space. Some people leave three but I think two is adequate! I don't think it is something that is "written in stone" but is considered the "norm." Regards. Jean

Hi Jean-David, welcome to the forums! It's common to see foreign language words in English text, you can include it without any extra punctuation - However robboe's suggestion is also fine.

The comma is not needed. You don't need to pause in that sentence, which the comma asks you to do. You should immediately read the titles, rather than pausing in preparation for an appositive. As a side note, I would avoid phrases such as "awards were awarded," as they're rather trite.

Hi there ... just a quickie: can anybody tell me if the comma in the following is necessary? "The awards were awarded by the American readership of the Zurich University Press titles, Biochemistry Today and Leader in Chemistry." Thanks, bob spechtundhase@gmx.net