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Welcome to English Forums Sundefi Your letter looks fine Just put a colon after need instead of the semicolon

Hello Darkraist and welcome to English Forums Almost all words of a language have placement rules and limited meanings Therefore usually comes at the beginning of a sentence or after a semicolon and it requires the cause to be given previously in the text If you post questions about more...

Hmm what say you Well I did a bit more research NG and since these are some of the definitions Cladding A protective covering that protects the outside of a building A metal coating bonded onto another metal under high pressure and temperature A protective or insulating layer fixed to the...

Your original is a comma splice sentence two no three complete sentences separated by commas but no conjunction but it is acceptable in popular writing in formal composition a semicolon or period is called for the same holds for your third clause blurry figures conduct the chaos I like the...

I m having an ongoing debate with somebody about the word pedantic We both agree that the primary sense is that it concerns a person or activity that stresses formal rules e g Deciding when to use a semicolon may seem like a pedantic matter to some or The pedantic math teacher informed Timmy that...

What do you mean when you said I don t understand what you mean The question is Why is the last quotation ironic in three ways So does that mean sense The first setence s purpose is to restate the question I agree with using was instead of is so that s good Also I like what you did with the...

Hi I have added some comments in blue Thanks for taking the initiative again No comma Use and instead I suggest a period here the two sentences don t seem closely related this seems to be a good place I think in your last proposal you mentioned that each individual would bring food and then we...

Hi Pieface welcome to English Forums No I don t think you can stretch it George looked at Harry I think we should be going he said I can suss that George is talking when it is stated this way but I don t think a person can look a speech Complete sentences do not require a period a semicolon can...

I don t think you need a semicolon I wouldn t replace either comma with one It sounds like you are listing what the Radiant company did so I think your choice of commas is correct

The first should have a semicolon in place of the comma comma splice sentence The second should have no comma restrictive clause The third needs commas before which and after frequently non restrictive clause