By Numbers, Commas

You did a good job on this. I would make only a couple changes, and a few are open to interpretation. 1) If he said it kindly, and didn't shout, then use a comma, not an exclamation mark, which would indicate that he's shouting. 2) Don't make "That's the same as...

“Come here, my little man!”, said the policeman kindly. “Why are you crying?” “I’ve lost my mummy!”, sobbed the little boy.“Don’t worry! We’ll soon find her. What is your name sonny?”, asked the policeman.“Tommy.” he replied, wiping away his tears. - OK“That’s the same as mine! Where do you...

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Liveinjapan wrote: Most Republican contests are winner-take-all, but most Democratic contests are awarded proportionally, based on the number of congressional districts won. The comma should not be omitted, right? Is won a past participle refers to districts? ThanksLiJRight. Keep the...

Most Republican contests are winner-take-all, but most Democratic contests are awarded proportionally, based on the number of congressional districts won. The comma should not be omitted, right? Is won a past participle refers to districts? ThanksLiJ

Hello: I am new to the site (was led here by a search engine) and am surprised to see a number of grammatical errors in and around the site in general. I haven't looked everywhere, but below you will find a list of the ones that I noticed right off the bat: The site mistakenly uses, in many...

Mister Micawber wrote: 1) What can we call the package that helicopters throw on the land when there is a catastrophe happens? -- (Emergency) Aid packages? Air drops? 2) About punctuation, should we punctuate before or after the : She told me," I want to go out. " or She told me," I want to...

1) What can we call the package that helicopters throw on the land when there is a catastrophe happens? -- (Emergency) Aid packages? Air drops? 2) About punctuation, should we punctuate before or after the : She told me," I want to go out. " or She told me," I want to go out".) -- Most...

Hector9 wrote:Hello guysI did some excercises and I saw these cases:-I´m in room 128 (One hundred Twenty Eight) <---- The speaker says thisFor a hotel room number (also a house number), I'd most likely say it this way: "I'm in room one twenty-eight." ("I live at one twenty-eight Main...