By Expressions, Punctuation

Welkins First, let me point out your typing and grammatical errors. If I were (was) wrong, please feel free to convince me tha (that) I was wrong. But your agrument (argument) is not convincing. What make (makes) you so sure that you are correct? Woud (Would) you tell us the resource that...

There are several rules governing the use of commas, but there is also a lot freedom. Webster's Third New International Dictionary begins their article on commas with:Of all the marks of punctuation the comma offers the most difficulty in use and the widest range for individual choice. Though...

Semicolon use A semicolon following an independent clause (The Longman Writer's Companion). source: http://www.drgrammar.org/faqs/#14

RRJohnson wrote:You can't just do a search in Google and accept the count as the true result. For example if I search on the following: "Do you have any pet?", I get a results that include "Do you have any pet frogs?" or "Do you have any pet peeves?" Those results are correct english but...

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/runons.htm Run-on sentences happen typically under the following circumstances*: When an independent clause gives an order or directive based on what was said in the prior independent clause: This next chapter has a lot of difficult information in it,...

Welcome, Andrew!In both cases I would use commas between all of the adjectives preceding volunteers. For clarity, I would hyphenate gene-expression; the changes are not gene changes or expression changes, but gene-expression changes. Also, nonsmoking is not hyphenated. -...will lead to...

It seems to me both sentences follow the same pattern in that all the adjectives to 'male volunteers' but the last one are followed by a comma ; which would be the expected punctuation in my opinion.'healthy, non-smoking, caucasian male volunteers''healthy, non-smoking male volunteers'Personally...

Hello every one, After learning English as a foreign language for a long time, I start to love English recently. However, there are some problems happened during my reading. Could anyone help me and give me some suggests about anything, such as the correct grammar, words or punctuation of my...

I understand the joke itself, Clive. But I have some trouble understanding this expression---because punctuation actually doesn't exist : the existing way it's punctuated Or, by 'the exsisting way', did you mean 'any possible way' or something?

Hi All, I was hoping that I could get a few comments on my last paper for the semester. I am obviously not a gifted writer. Punctuation and stupid spelling mistakes seem to always hurt me. It is very long to me but perhaps not to long for many. Scott To Whom This May Concern, I’m...