First question: You say "cigarette brand or brands" because the first noun is used as a noun modifier, that is, as an adjective, and adjectives in English are invariable. That's why we say a "five-star hotel" and not *a

Although there might possibly be a couple of exceptions to this "rule" , I can't think of any at the moment. I suppose the "reason" for this might be the simple fact that the noun in such a hyphenated adjective is no longer

. .. offers students the opportunity to create and present "guided role plays"... These "free role plays" appear after every few chapters, offering . .. The author evidently considers these phrases new or poorly-known concepts;

Hi, When do you usually put a word or words inside quotation marks? I think predominant uses are 1) to highlight the unusual or stange use, and 2) to write some longer works. I don't the words "guided role plays" is the title to a

In the US, the comma always always always goes inside the quotation mark. In this case, I believe even in the UK it would go inside the quoatation mark because if it were written out without the intervening "he explained" it would

Hi, Let us say that this is spoken by Joe. Joe: All four people got A's on their math tests yesterday. After-the-utterance reporting: 1.Joe says that all four people got A's on their math tests yesterday. 2. Joe says, "All four people

Hi, Let us say these are instructions to an instructional game. Please tell me if you would put no. 1 in quotation marks and italicize no. 2, 3, and 4. Why? I understand the reason for no. 1, I think, but what is the reason for italicizing the

Thank you. I understand what you have given as guidance for punctuation within quotes. However, could yould you clarify the following: If a single "slang" word is put in quotes and comes as the last word in the sentance, e.g. .... the

Hi, I wonder what I need to conceptualize better what is involved in the use of a hyphento denote one aggregate noun. possible instruction in a language game: Let's play a "wh" game with wh-words . At first, I think I can see why the

Gori, there are many, many threads on this already. In the US, the period and comma always, always go inside the (double) quotation marks. It's not logical, but it's how it's done. Always.