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Hi, In the following example: “-I drove to Zhuhai for a visit last week. -Is that _______ you had a few days off?” A. What B. When C. Why D. Where I would say D) Where but according to my book, the answer is C) Why. Actually, I would also consider B) to be the right answer. C) also...

In the following example: “-I drove to Zhuhai for a visit last week. -Is that _______ you had a few days off?” A. What B. When C. Why D. Where I would say D) Where but according to my book, the answer is C) Why. Actually, I would also consider B) to be the...

The former is correct. No capitalization. You might note that the problem arises only with ! and ?. Periods (full stops), colons or semicolons would not be used in this situation, but would be replaced by commas.

Thanks Barbara, I seached for "comma splice" on the Internet after I saw your reply and consulted a book on punctuation (By Oxford University Press). What I understood is "comma splice" is a common error that most of the people often make. The book said "It's not normally correct to join the...

Philip wrote: Inchoateknowledge wrote: All the test animals, therefore, were reexamined. -- no All the test animals; therefore, were reexamined. --yes Punctuation is often a matter of rethoric and taste. But there are also general rules. A semicolon just doesn't work: it must be used...

I'm sure that Cathy's post would read much clearer as exemplified in the following: In our modern day, the written English in many of the visual forms that we see from day to day, reflects more of our conversational use of the language and its punctuation; also appears to follow the way that we...

Inchoateknowledge wrote: All the test animals, therefore, were reexamined. -- no All the test animals; therefore, were reexamined. --yes Punctuation is often a matter of rethoric and taste. But there are also general rules.A semicolon just doesn't work: it must be used between two...

Yes, the original sentence was incorrect, but I do not agree with Timbo's answer as for the correct semicolon usage and the punctuation for the two sentences, i.e. two completely different thoughts, both with an independent subjext and verb. The correct way of making these two statements and...

It has to be "than", because the sentence is comparing the amount of supervision today with the amount of supervision 25 years ago.- to have less X than Y (Y here gives an alternative reference point to X)- to have less SUPERVISION than 25 YEARS AGO.-- than WHEN TRADITIONAL FAMILY STRUCTURES WERE...

Tanit, I agree with the punctuation in all your examples. The semicolons are all required (or can be replaced by a full stop).BTW, what language/dialect is the quote at the bottom of your posts?