By Punctuation, Sentence structures

Goodman wrote:... who cares if "asks" is a real word. Actually, the same thought had also crossed my mind. Funny you should mention the DMV. I just recently had to get a new drivers' license (since I've now returned to the US after many years in Germany). I decided I ought to review the...

Hi, Welcome to the Forum. In some cases, your meaning was not clear to me. You need quite a few changes here. If you have any questions about these, please write again. Best wishes, Clive Please help me to correct these sentences without modifying the sentence structure at all. I know some...

Please help me to correct these sentences without modifying the sentence structure at all. I know some sentences are messep up, but just help with the grammar and punctuation. Youe help would be really appreciated.1.By providing an almost complete story about a carrier women’s life at the...

After spending weeks on the answers, I feel they are not quite right, and don’t sparkle. I am not sure if grammar, sentence structure, flow, punctuation, mood and tense are presented in a manner that makes sense. I have put parenthesis where confusion is arising. Could you please do the checking,...

Hi, nice letter overall, you've stated your case very well. I've made corrections for you highlighted in blue, and added comments and highlighted in pink other problem areas you need to re-write or clarify. Dear Mr. -----, I graduated from Kiev National University of Construction and...

A Blinkin',I think I'm understand a little more about dashes. But I was also wondering, in a sentence like the example: The Daily County News--our noisy and aggressive local paper--trumpeted news of this incident in three-inch headlines. could the dashes be replaced with commas? Yes, but...

First, the dash is used in formal writing. (I don't know about religious writing.) Second, there is no direct substitute for the dash. One would have to rewrite the sentence. Where the dash is used to emphasize a sentence element, the comma provides less emphasis and sometimes less clarity. ...

So, in formal or religious writing, using the same sentence structures as the examples, what punctuation do they use in place of the dash?

Mostly, it needs simplifying and clarifying. Don't use more or bigger words than you need, and use both sentence structure and punctuation to help make the communication as clear as possible:Re XYZ’s letter (ref. 0989089) of 10 Dec 2005 regarding the substantiation of “dark” fiberglass...

I have until Wed. 09/28/2005 to submit this letter in for a grade. Can somebody please check my grammar or offer any suggestions on how to make it sound more business-like? There seems to be two distinct types of English styles: creative and business/professional. I tend to excel in creative...