By Colons, Commas

Hi You are posting as an anonymous user, there may be a short delay while we moderate your post. The notice is for anonymous posters. I think it is a run-on sentence because of the comma in the sentence. IMO, the sentence should be reworded as follows: You are posting as an anonymous user....

commas for the first example; colon for the second

In your first sentence, the word 'yet' is a conjunction meaning 'and despite this'. In your second sentence, the word 'yet' is an adverb meaning 'up to that time' or 'so far'. As Marius pointed out, it suggests that he became afraid when he got older. The...

Hi i have an essay to write on Louis Macneice's - Sunday Morning. I was wondering if anybody could help me analyse it as i have a very hard time reading and understanding poetry. Any help would be amazing - meaning, use of enjambment, causuras, repetition, aliteration, assonance, etc. Thanks...

.I haven't seen the whole sentence, but probably: X% of households had ***; representing an increase of… -- NOFor example, take ***; whilst this is likely to help… -- YESThis organisation makes a real effort to ***; for example, -- MAYBEThe significance of this is simple; the more… --...

Can't answer the quesion about "use" unless we know the name of the organization, but it should probably be uses. That semicolon is not correct. A comma should be there. For example, semicolons should join two independent clauses that are very closely related. (See how I used a...

I can't say I've seen the semi-colon used quite that way - maybe it's a strong dash instead of a strong comma. I believe your analysis is correct.Why he uses a dash in the P not P case and a comma in the D not D case is beyond me. (He's running out of options!)

In that example, the quote is used to show how the "boldness" is demonstrated, using the colon as it's normally used.I would never, ever write James said: "How are you?"

Maybe the colon use is not American, but is it OK to use it?According to wikipedia (on colon usage):"segmental: introduces a direct speech, in combination with quotation marks and dashes. ..Julian Duguid, author of Green Hell (1931), starts his book boldly: “When a man yields to the urge of...

Sorry - I had a very small window and got mixed up. Yes, I meant Option 1.I don't know where this idea about the colon being American English came from. I never use a colon to introduce a simple quote.