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Hi, PLease permit me a small rant. I don't like semi-colons. I find them unnecessary. In general, their meaning can be conveyed to the reader in other ways, via words. In my view, punctuation should relate as closely as possible to speech patterns. Hence, a comma is a pause, a period is a stop. I...

Hello. These marks are called quotation or quote marks. Your examples are correct. when one person's speech continues over to another paragraph, you do not 'close' the quote marks at the end of the first (or more) paragraphs. You close the quote marks when they have finished speaking. The...

Dr. S. I. Admissions Committee Boomenweg 2 0123 XXX (The country) Dear Dr. S.I, having majored in Industrial Microbiology I would like to do my Master on Biotechnology and work whether on bioremediation of contaminated soil and ground water or plant biotechnology. During my last year of high...

This letter is well written, and your English is good. But I did spot a few mistakes. And many of your sentences are too long, you need to use more commas and fullstops. In the second paragraph: "...my future plans of seeking a carrier in an international organization...." The word is...

Julia, My help is free. We moderators get no financial benefit. Due to: http://www.bartleby.com/64/C003/0107.html It does seem a bit pedantic, but there it is. I have reviewed your stuff. I have made numerous edits throughout while trying to maintain "your version". Hope this...

And how about this, from the second paragraph of the 'Eats Shoots etc' excerpt?-- Cruelty to punctuation is quite unlegislated: you can get away with pulling the legs off semicolons; shrivelling question marks on the garden path under a powerful magnifying glass; you name it. Shouldn't those...

1) Two sayings occur in the same paragraph. I feel that sounds monotone. But how to make it vivid? 2) Have I used "good thing" properly? 3) Have i used colon (:) properly? Context: This morning he saw his doctor, and was given a clean bill of health. Hearing this, we immediately...

Dear Ms/Mr Sincerely, Yanakieva Watch your spelling and capitalizations. No exclamation marks, smiley faces, or anything else. I have made some changes and put in some words for you. See if my words capture your intent. I love your enthusiasm and passion. If I am hiring someone, I...

Hi, 1. in the atmosphere. ("middle" does not imply "average") A few points: A) We usually use "transparency" as opposed to "transparence" B) cloudness should be cloudiness C) I think you should educate your reader on transparency and pollution first, and then discuss Moscow. To measure...

Thank you, MountainHiker, for your attantion and help! It is so useful, because people neglect my mistakes a great deal. Still I have a few questions. 1. . - The average temperature remains at zero, obviously. Here in Russia, the temperature is measured in whole numbers of degrees only. Thus,...