By Sentence structures, Commas

Hi, You said that you think the sentence is correct but at the same time, you definitely think the sentence needs a semicolon. I saw the kind of sentence structure with no employment of semicolons but instead employing commas to serve the writer's prpose. Let me get it straight. Do you think...

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...

thanks for the help! 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...

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. ...

I like the dash. It lets one add emphasis and (dramatic) pauses.I think the summary in Webster's Third New International Dictionary is excellent:7. THE DASH7.0 In its function in writing and in the speech intonation to which it corresponds, the dash is similar to the comma and the colon, and a...

Thanks a lot! We do have unclear conversation / writing. As I'm taking a translation course, I've to understand the English meaning /sentence structure & then translate it. If this means unclear, it will be translated this way. Some unsolved queries: (1) Susan puts some nuts on the...

Jack112 wrote: Scenario: I have a list of sentences that I have to determine if they are correct. And the book asks me this: 1. For the following sentences, determine which (one) of the following statements is valid. (Is 'one' omitted here? YES 'is' is referring to 'one' ? YES Is this...

Scenario: I have a list of sentences that I have to determine if they are correct. And the book asks me this: 1. For the following sentences, determine which (one) of the following statements is valid. (Is 'one' omitted here? 'is' is referring to 'one' ? Is this sentence asking me to look for...

chemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />> Your essay is clear in general. Yet you have to be careful about some points.>> First, try to paraphrase what you want to say if it's given by the topic. Don't use the exact wordings.>> It's good for you to have used different sentence structures in the...

Would you please verify the sentence structure of following paragraph?. I have highlighted certain errors in red;please confirm if I am missing anything here. Thanks for taking the initiative again, (No comma. Use ', and' instead) this seems to be a good place. I think in your last proposal you...