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To me, the rules regarding punctuation around quotation marks are not always logical. To 'remember' them, I extracted the following from Webster's Third New International Dictionary: 13.1 Direct quotations: "When I am dead," said one of the keenest minds, "lay a sword on my coffin." 13.2 In...

5-- that is my presumption too. 6-- NO. The problem is in here: 'as most ancient wrote signs' 7-- NO. 'when' is wrong 8-- Hint: there are two finite verbs-- impossible! 9-- 'Apart from' is wrong 10- Hint: is 'threat' a noun or a verb here? 11- As I said, all I can see is wayward commas an...

Hello Hela, Thank you! And it's a pleasure to answer your questions! Yes, I expect there'll be a few absences over the summer. But no doubt there'll also be fewer posts to answer, so we'll probably have to invent some for our own amusement... Pity about the internet connection. On the other...

I have a few sentences that I'm having trouble with. They need to be corrected both grammar and punctuation. 1. I bought and he sold. 2. In last weeks issue of Fortune appeared Johnson’s latest article Tiger! The Sky’s the Limit for Golf. Any help will be appreciated! Thanx

Why do you accept the period as a punctuation mark but ignore the comma, semicolon and colon?-- they have very important functions too, and this piece is in dire need of a few of them. There is no reason to capitalize 'ever'. There is no reason to separate 'extinguish' and 'forever' into two...

Thank you all for your contribution. MrP, 1) Are there also pbs of punctuation in this text? If yes, what are they, please? 2) Is it wrong to say "in THE winter"? When do we add a definite article in front of a season? 3) "equipment" is uncountable so it doesn't take an "s", does it? All the...

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 Jazz, Thanks for saying I could correct your post on line. Re: your reply to Ali; 1. In English we always begin a new sentence with a capital letter, and we use a capital letter for people's names, and for names of places such as London, the Indian Ocean etc. So your greeting should...

For your sentences, you're quite right: 1. I would like you to read this article = I advise/want you to read, can you read this article. 2. I would like to read you this article= I'm going to read it to you I'm sorry I can't help with punctuation...

Hello, I am also new to this forum. This is a great place! I wonder if any of you have come across the following question. Is it correct to add a period anywhere at the end of a sentence constructed like this: I wrote an article entitled "What Are Brothers Good For?"