By Punctuation, Commas

The following is an extract from 'Things Mr Bean does every Monday morning' that is found in Learn English Online -free beginners course-Unit 3,Lesson 11.He gets up at 6.15am, and goes to the bathroom. He usually has a shower, then he has a shave and brushes his teeth. He eats breakfast...

I just spotted a couple of typos (probably), one double space, and a couple of places where I'd use commas. I was expecting your email, Jane; I am glad to receive it. I have one question though: did you decide on your wedding date? Are you marrying the dashing fellow you were with at our...

Thanks Goodman! Could anyone tell me, in descriptive writing what tense usually writer choose. And Guys please reply my 2nd post last two sentenses as well. And explain we can separate verb and subject i.e mirror and curtain, by using comma for emphasis like Feebs did? Third sentence, I have...

Punctuation for a dependent clause that follows the conjunction between two coordinate clauses is described in the 12th rev. edition of the Chicago Manual of Style under section 5.30. Clear advice according to open or closed punctuation styles is given.Redfern

Hello CJ,although this looks very promising, I am not sure if one is allowed to put a comma there. Is there a rule that states that you are allowed to do that? Aaron

The comma (,) is a useful punctuation mark.CJ

Hi, Sorry that I can't give you an example but I have seen some cases where a comma is used before the phrase 'so that'. Why is that? I thought almost always, if not always, a comma is not used when the phrase 'so that' is used. Generally speaking, it depends on the length...

Hi, Sorry that I can't give you an example but I have seen some cases where a comma is used before the phrase 'so that'. Why is that? I thought almost always, if not always, a comma is not used when the phrase 'so that' is used. Sorry that I can't give you an example for...

The first set require a captial letter at the start of the sentence, but either way is fine. In the second set, "he said" is more normal, but "said he" can be used for literary purposes. People just learning English may want to stick with "he said" but there's...

Hi, I've got question about two sentences from the Cambridge IELTS book: 1) From the discovery of fire to the invention of wheel to the development of the Internet we have been moving on from previous ways of doing things. My question is that why there is no punctuation inbetween "the...