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"I've come across the term "adjective appositive" and "adverb appositive" a few times, and I'm just wondering if this is widely-used. Is it an incorrect description of a construction that should be called something else? I'm asking this because I always see appositives defined as nouns (or noun...

I was trying to find a strong confirmation that the wording but made no in similar constructions like Washington settled for a resolution that condemned the missile tests, but made no… are never separated by comma, but I couldn't. For me (and regarding other similar samples I could...

Hello. My problem concerns how to use a series of prepositional phrases. (If I haven't worded my problem quite correctly, the following example should clarify what I mean.) In the following sentence, am I correctly using "alongside" and the comma that precedes it? Streamers descended from the...

Aperisic wrote: SOLO I was in London. is alone; a solo construction: the sentence has nothing more in it except I was in London. When she was there, I was in London. I was in London. is not alone anymore, it is not a solo construction because in the same sentence we have another sentence...

SOLO A. A is solo, alone (lonely ) A and B. now A is not a solo construction anymore When B then A. A is not solo again If B then A. A is not solo again I was in London. I was in London. is alone; a solo construction: the sentence has nothing more in it except I was in London. When she...

Anonymous wrote: 1.Combine each set of simple sentences below to produce the kind of sentence specified in parentheses. 1) People begin to recycle. They generate much less trash. (Complex.) <No idea, but TIP: Using subordinating conjunctions!> 2) Environmentalists have...

Anonymous wrote: Can someone please help pointing out the 'disputed usages' in the following sentences: 1) He was out at a meeting and couldn't be contacted all day. 2) His second plan is not as imaginative as his first but it is more credible. Thanks,Eva 1. He was out at a meeting and...

1. Same answer as for "head" and "big stomach" in another post. Your only choices are a and the. (I hope I understood your question correctly here.) 2. unto themselves = without connections or similarities to others; isolated from others; distinctly different from other constructions 3....

1. Why do we have to put the article "a" when the words "maximum" or "minimum" seem to indicate only one, the one? It is a maximum/minmum number/score. 2. When can we use this word "unto" properly. I got this partical sentence from a post here. They are constructions unto themselves, ... 3....

There are several rules governing the use of commas, but there is also a lot freedom. Webster's Third New International Dictionary begins their article on commas with:Of all the marks of punctuation the comma offers the most difficulty in use and the widest range for individual choice. Though...