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"en-rules" = printer's term for what most people call dashes. Yes, you could use commas or parentheses "( )". People tend to use dashes to indicate a longer pause before and after the clause if the sentence is spoken.

Hi, I recently wrote a paper for a class and was told that several of my commas were in error. I offset some prepositional phrases with commas and was told that this is incorrect. I am pretty sure I do this often, but I have never before had a teacher tell me it is wrong. One of the...

Could you please help me with making this more persausive? My teacher says it is more imformative. I just don't have a clue. Heart disease is the number one cause of death among men and women in the United States. Our high fat diet, sedentary lifestyles, stressful environment and...

Hi Julielai I am trying to make this essay more persausive can you help with this. My Teacher says it is more imformitive and it shouldn't be. I am not sure what shes asking for. Heart disease is the number one cause of death among men and women in the United States. Our high fat diet,...

Hi, I've written a document and the reviewer has indicated that I should have a comma before and after my brackets. For example: "another job (listed in TOAD) which is..." becomes "another job, (listed in TOAD), which is...". Is this grammatically correct? It's a question of style...

Hi everybody. I've written a document and the reviewer has indicated that I should have a comma before and after my brackets. For example: "another job (listed in TOAD) which is..." becomes "another job, (listed in TOAD), which is...". Is this grammatically correct? Thanks, Gil

Welcome to the forums! I suppose you could say--So I start with basics. I ask myself, "Who? What? Where? How? When? Why?" Then your questions will be in a sentence. But I actually don't see a problem with saying it just the way you did originally. In your first sentence, you should...

Here are something funny about man and woman I got from blog. Check this out...^^ 1. A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man. 2. Men wake up as good-looking as when they went to bed. Women somehow deteriorate during...

I would put commas between therefore because that gives a speaker a pause. The lack of a pause is precisely why I would not use a comma in the third sentence. I would not pause there -- probably because that is not an unusual location in that sentence for the word 'therefore'. However, the words...

Anonymous wrote: Where would the commas be (if any) in this sentence? -- The quote "Romance at short notice was her specialty" shows that she is rather skilled at making up stories like these. Thanks! My inclination is to use the comma before and after the quotes. Some may disagree, and...