I have a question about the meaning of the clause "That is all I know" in boldface in the text below (which is itself a translation from another language). My question is: Does the clause "That is all I know" refer to what is

Jingtian, The New York Times style book says: periods and commas, in American usage, always go inside the closing quotation marks, regardless of grammatical logic. Another source gives this example: ...two complete thoughts joined by

Hi, 1.They say, 'come sunshine or high water, the post will get delivered' More accurately, this is the common saying. Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their

1.They say, 'come sunshine or high water, the post will get delivered' is the first clause grammatically correct, if so what is it? a phrasal adverb? and what does it describe? if i were to change the 2nd clause to active voice: come

I was struggling to breathe. "Breathe" is a verb. I was gasping for breath. "Breath" is a noun. The second sentence is a comma splice. You might use a colon, or a semi-colon instead. As you can see, some will not get your

True, Anonymous! Pluralized acronyms should not use apostrophes. As an experienced English Tutor/Mentor, apostrophes are used in possession of & in contractions (i.e., Jane's cat won't eat fish.) To place an apostrophe after an acronym or

I'm guessing here a little, but if you want to use the colon I think you should write something like, 'the following are acceptable: visa,mastercard, and citibank' My preference would be for your first effort. Forget the all, it is

Hi, First, please note that all are incorrect because they lack capital letters. 'visa,mastercard, and citibank are all acceptable' OK or 'visa,mastercard, and citibank all are acceptable' OK, but less elegant

'visa,mastercard, and citibank are all acceptable' or 'visa,mastercard, and citibank all are acceptable' what if i modify the 2nd sentence as: 'visa,mastercard, and citibank:all are acceptable' can just a list of nouns

1. You could insert 'to' between 'want, about'. It's an option. 2. Replace the first comma with a colon: replace second comma with 'and' 3. You've made my month here a living hell. 4. 2nd one -