By Commas, Resume

Main problem: is it the middle of the desk or the middle of the room? Let us presume it is the latter: 1) There is a small desk with a photocopier in the middle of the room(,) near the window. 2) In the middle of the room, near the window, there is a small desk with a photocopier. (Do I...

And, without the comma, I would presume #1-- a clear proof of ambiguity.

These are really not good words with which to begin a sentence-- they are conjunctions which suggest a close relationship with what precedes-- so please me cautious in doing so. In your examples: 'So, in fact and in all truth, the' -- the comma placement is fine, but the 'in fact and in all...

The rule seldom changes, but you have it backward: 'determiner before adjective': A funny teacher This angry moderator My happy wife The order changes occasionally, as in some exclamations ('how funny a teacher he is!'), but the rule holds better than most English rules of grammar and...

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Hi MountainHiker, I made a few changes...what do u think ? Personal Statement1000 word limit ESSAY A - Autobiographical Essay: Give us your best writing. Tell us about yourself. You can include information on your family, significant persons, places and events in your life, what interests you,...

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Thanks a lot for answering. As for the first sentence, it was given in an exercise with no context. In the answer key there were no commas, but the exercise was about linking two simple sentences, so maybe the author of the exercise (probably a Pole, not a native speaker of English) didn't care...

Hi LM, Can't think of any particular rules. Your example is an adverbial complement, so the subject and verb are inverted and no comma is correct-- which won't happen in such sentences as 'under the moon, the wet trees glowed like corposant'. Certainly do not avoid fronted phrases, nor on the...

Hello, June. I can point out some improvements for these sentences. 1. In the first sentence, you begin with the past progressive ("was studying"). That implies action that has not yet finished. Then you move on to the past perfect ("had known"). It is not possible for the past perfect to...