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Hello everyone, In working with my own people, still I am not an exception allowing myself to judge what is right or what is not right in English grammar and idiomatic expression, I felt this sentence bit awkward or strange - but it's rather my perception wrong? The sentence reads: When...

I concur. In addition, If the quotation is a question, the question mark goes inside the quotation mark: She said, ''Will you bring me my book?'' ''Will you bring me my book?'' she said. If the quotation is not a question but it's inside a question, the question mark goes after the quotation...

My son wrote this sentence: She said, '' will you bring me my book''? This was marked wrong. Will you explain why? JT: If the teacher was demanding perfect formal written English then I see two mistakes; one, is not capitalized and two, the question mark is outside the final quotation mark and...

1. Jane and May are in class right now Names of people always have a capital letter There is more than one person in class - Jane and May, therefore it is plural. 2 Why do you live in this cold place? A question always ends with a question mark and has the verb to do in it (...

Hello! I'm a French student and I have to write an essay in English. It is about translation (from English to French) and I have difficulties finding websites about the way you type punctuation in English. I know it is different from the way we type in French, but I can't find any explanations of...

The (incomplete) Punctuation FAQ Hopefully this will grow in time, as other questions are asked and answered, and other people add to this. Hopefully (!) some kind moderator or adminstrator will mark this thread as sticky. INTRODUCTION In grammar, the rules are forged in a delicate balance...

How did you do that, shovel, ax, or hammer? CORRECT -(Suppose one person says "I need to get a new pair of socks", and the other replies) Oh well, then you'll be happy if we go to the store. -It was lightning out last night. you pronounced it as LIGHT-NING -(would it ever be sutable to...

Wow, what a great website(Y) I would like my sentences to apply to the rules of grammar books. Here are some sentences of examples where I'm not sure where to put commas, if any at all. (should I put a , between commas if any in the last sentence?) Okay, here they are: -How did you do that,...

Hello, everyone: It's 36 weeks gestation .... no apostrophe needed. I think some of you may not be aware that punctuation and grammar do not always follow the norms in medical or nursing English. We have our own shorthand that is well understood and accepted in the field. For...

Hi, If my child was marked down because she used a capital letter for words in a spelling test, I’d be angry with the teacher. When I went to school, my spelling exercises tested for spelling not style. However, if your child is a high school student and if the teacher was marking hard, then...