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Hi, I need to know if this sentence is simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex *info you might need to know* clause-has a subject an a verb independent clause-can stand alone as a sentence dependent clause-cannot stand alone as a sentences, and often starts with the words: because,...

I need to know if this sentence is simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex *info you might need to know* clause-has a subject an a verb independent clause-can stand alone as a sentence dependent clause-cannot stand alone as a sentences, and often starts with the words: because, even,when,...

. I think I have been taught that a comma can be placed if a breathing space is needed when a conventional rule might dictate otherwise-- This does hold minimally true, but it is not a suggestion that any but the best writer should attempt. Stick to the guidelines. 1. You could write an example...

'I hate him so much, he killed my dog' is a comma splice .  This is considered bad punctuation; though many native speakers write like this without worrying about the fact that it's a comma splice.   You have to put in the subordinator 'as' or 'because' to join those...

Well traditional punctuation rules state that two independent clauses need to be separated either by a full stop / exclamation mark, or by a semicolon. Thus the following is quite proper: I hate him so much; he killed my dog. Now if you go back a bit a hundred to a hundred and fifty years, you...

Yes, 'however' is an adverb.  More precisely, it is a 'conjunctive adverb'.  You can use 'however' or 'but' in the example sentence, but 'however' is much more formal.  'But' is more casual.  Note that 'but' will have a comma before it, and...

Due to is a preposition, so the first clause should be a prepositional phrase (remember that you can't use modals in prepositional phrases, so you will have to change cannot  to not be able to .  The verb in the clause needs to be in gerund form. You need a comma after the prepositional...

The aquatics centre will have a total capacity of 22,500, out of which 17,500 seats will be for the diving and pool competition(,) and the other 5,000 will be in the water polo section of the centre. Notes: Capitals - only capitalise the first letter of a sentence of names of things (proper...

1)How can we correct the sentence: When the eggs hatch, the young turtles go off to take care of themselves, being that female turtles do not nurture their young a) add "on the other hand" at the beginning b) insert " as a result" at the bginning" c) change the...

Memos show Clinton turmoil Question: I would have written ''Clinton's turmoil''. Why didn't the author use apostrophe? BY CRAIG GORDON AND TOM BRUNE | <email addresses removed by mod.> August 13, 2008 Question: Why is semicolon used instead of comma to separate...