By Colons, Commas

Hi, For Example is noted as an adverb. Are these correct uses of it? Are punctuation correct? For example, you can say "like this", instead of "this". I've just added correct punctuation. I don't know if this sentence and the next one are true statements. You can...

In this example I would not use a semi-colon, but a comma: Make us pure, Lord, and clean, outside and in However, there may be a following sentence that changes the context. Perhaps if you gave us the full verse, we could see.

Hi, I think like an art, we can indulge in using punctuation with some variations as long as we stick to the basic structures. I was looking at a hymnal and came upon this semicolon usage. I think you can use a semicolon instead of a comma in certain situation. Is this one of those OK...

Hi, "In any case, the development of a conference website requires coding expertise or communication with web developers. Both of which " Is 'Both of which' correctly used? It seems that there are some missing words. Yes, I assume the writer did not feel it necessary to...

"Such as" accomplishes what a colon would do. In this case, because your list isn't very long, I think keeping it as you have it is better.A colon, with semi-colons separating the listed items, would be good if you had descriptive phrases needing commas.I need many items for the...

Hi, Or 'He loved her . Therefore, he married her'. My advice is to use semi-colons sparingly. Best wishes, Clive

Hi, I have difficulty distinguishing what punctuation mark to use before the word 'thus' -- a comma, no comma, a semicolon or no mark at all. I think I have similar difficulty with the word 'as'.

"hearts and minds" is a very popular fixed idiom these days re discussions of strategy in Iraq, and uses plurals in that case. Darcy's example implies that the American people may have a common soul, assuming the singular was used deliberately. The plurals of all three would refer...

They are comma splices because they join two independent clauses (two parts that can be sentences all on their own) with a comma. This is an incorrect way to punctuate. You need to use either a period or semi-colon, or you need a conjunction. Sometime and "some time" do have different...

Dont put the question mark after him, and dont put it after knight