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Maverick9211 wrote:I can't differeniate between abt nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, etc. I am not very bad at English. I do understand English very well. I can speak English, but not in fluently. I can't write it very well. Let's make do it this way: You give me some topic and I will...

Yes, terminal punctuation inside the quote is American, and the rest of the world follows the logical practice of placing them outside. Anyway, the single/double quote is also, I think, an American thing - we just about NEVER use single quotes except for the quote-within-a-quote situation...

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...

My signature is ''NOTE: When you reply to my post, please look for grammatical, structural and punctuation mistakes, and please let me know of any suggestions you have. Thank you.'' Can I say it like, ''NOTE: When you reply to my post, please look for grammatical, syntactic/syntactical and...

Emeritus Professor John C. Wells in his daily phonetic blog on Firday 20 October 2006: Unusual pronunciations observed recently in the mouths of native speakers of English: from a CNN newsreader, to obey someone sl/æ/vishly. Since the point being made was the possible offensiveness of this...

Thanks for tour kindness, Barbara. May I go on with questions? 1. What if the list were part of an essay instead of a presentation? Would you use punctuation marks in this case? If the answer is yes, which type? 2. I googled "nature reserves" and "natural reserves" (language=english) : 2690000...

The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, designed by the American architect, Frank Gehry (b.1929), is an architectural landmark of distinctive character and home to a host of modern and contemporary works of art . Wrapped in titanium cladding(s) , this innovative building has become a...

this is my comparison essay. I was hoping that someone would please comment on it for me and let me know if my punctuation and grammar were okay. Thank you. I'm still trying to get writing down where I received my information. Is there anywhere in this essay that I would have to document my...

Hello Hela, Thank you! And it's a pleasure to answer your questions! Yes, I expect there'll be a few absences over the summer. But no doubt there'll also be fewer posts to answer, so we'll probably have to invent some for our own amusement... Pity about the internet connection. On the other...

Gentlemen, gentlemen! Personal comments, distressing Shakespearian tags…I was on the point of moving this thread to the ‘Controversial Section’, where carbuncular youths would have smothered its lengthy, painstaking analyses with lurid misspelt rants about Virginity, Homosexual Marriage, and Why...