By Paragraphs, Colons

Dear Mr. Ericson! Do not end a salutation with an exclamation mark. In US English use a colon :, in British English use either a comma or nothing.As you are already aware, Football Club “Shahter”(Donetsk) is about to build a new 5-star stadium, which meets all official UEFA requirements and will...

If you need the phrase to answer the question "which paragraph?" then use "that." (He found the one THAT interested him most.) If you can use the phrase to answer the question "what else can you tell me about the paragraph?" then use "which." (The paragraph, which had 48 words and used two...

I'm sorry - in re-reading my post, it looks like I said that if you didn't use a colon, you're not business-like. That's not what I meant - I was referring to the anonymous poster who said said we shouldn't bother with any of the formalities. And then in my next paragraph, I meant to say that...

Well, it was wrong in the first case because it was two sentences together with no punctuation. It's wrong now because you have what's called a comma splice, in which you use a comma when you need either a perior or semi-colon, or a conjunction, which is why I rewrote it. Your opening paragraph...

Hi guys, I'm working on my punctuation and am reading a lot of books. I come across loads of examples where the punctuation does not make sense according to a punctuation book I have been reading. I wonder if I could just ask some questions about the paragraph below, which is from a Thomas...

Dear Beverly, I am not an English expert, (far from it, I too suck at writing and am a terrible speller and it is my first and only language!) but if I were to judge you by your letter and the writing skills demonstrated there....Well I'm sorry to say but you are not writing at a level that...

Here are a few suggestions. First, change increased to increase. The company's increase by over 200 percent. "Long- or short-term trend" might work better than your "only a sudden case." Then you have a series of adverb clauses. I'd separate them with semicolons. It will be easier to read...

Hi!You use both the British and the American spelling. Be consequent: use either the British one or the American one. I've used the British spelling for my corrections as that is what you used in the first paragraphs Good luck! Judging from your essay, I would say that your chances to be admitted...

I may not be your best reader, but I find a problem with the 'first' and 'second' references here. In the first sentence of the first paragraph, you mention two objections, the first of which you appear to immediately address. The last sentence of the first paragraph mentions two facts, which...

Davkett wrote: (The idea of avoiding long and complicated sentences seems, however, not to be a principle on which you've based the main body of the text--at least the sections I've read on this forum. Is it just something you worry about in an opening paragraph?) Touché! Yes, I tend to...