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Hi Pieanne, I don't think you need the definite article. Think I'd go with "traditional manner", I think 'more' is redundant. I'm wondering about the colon; ( the punctuation mark, not the other sort!) A full stop might be better, or perhaps it was a typo.

Hi, I'm not sure whether I'm talking about something not worth discussing at all, but I do find some article talking about the use of colon and comma that confuses me. It says in American way, use colon when it's formal, and comma for informal, but for the British style, always comma. Is that...

Hi, For a letter, in the greeting part, "Dear **" usually ends with a comma, if I'm remebering it right. I found one article on the website says that if you really want to make it formal you need to put a colon instead of a comma. Is that so? Or to put a comma or a colon concerns with the...

In the following three sentences are they punctuated correctly? Thanks for any help you can give me. 1. After he began the meeting he said " I am not staying." (Should there be a comma after said? Should the period be inside of the quotation mark?) 2. Have you ever read the article...

I think that you're right to say that the comma's not necessary, but I don't think I'd put a colon in either, unless you're aware that it's an affectation and you're not trying to be grammatically correct or anything! Where you might use a colon is in something like a newspaper article: The...

Hello everyone, I have a question about the correct use of a colon. I am writing an article for someone, and my client insists that I use a colon instead of a comma in the following sentences: A few days after the funeral Marilyn called and asked if she could visit, and when she arrived she...

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