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Semicolon use A semicolon following an independent clause (The Longman Writer's Companion). source: http://www.drgrammar.org/faqs/#14

Hi Crazy-- I finally got here. I have added some comments in brackets after underlined 'problems':Do Sports and Drugs Mix? Since the dawn of time years while playing football and was the quarter back of our team. Everyone thought he was going to make it to the NFL but during our...

Diamondrg wrote: It is clear from the passage that, among writers of nonfiction, there is a great variety of aim one of which is the desire to please. Taken from a nationwide exam in Turkey. Do you think there is anything wrong with this sentence? I do. A comma is needed after the word "aim"...

Diamondrg wrote: Taken from a nationwide exam in Turkey. Do you think there is anything wrong with this sentence? I do. A comma is needed after the word "aim" and I have doubts about the use of "one of which" to refer to a singular countable noun "aim". What do you think? Can the expression "a...

It is clear from the passage that, among writers of nonfiction, there is a great variety of aim one of which is the desire to please. Taken from a nationwide exam in Turkey. Do you think there is anything wrong with this sentence? I do. A comma is needed after the word "aim" and I have doubts...

Here are the basic rules for comma The Comma (,) The uses of the comma are: Separate a list of items i.e.: Apples, pears, bananas and grapes are fruit Indicates a word in apposition i.e.: The organisation, XYZ Enterprises, sends all members of staff on training at least once a year...

Hi again, 1. For No. 1, can you put a comma to make the phrase non-restrictive and use it that way, without deleting it? You could, but it's rather awkward and unnatural. It will be good for them, the Christian students. 2. For No. 2, what if the list contains a mixture of countable and...

Hi, allow me for two questions. 1. For No. 1, can you put a comma to make the phrase non-restrictive and use it that way, without deleting it? It will be good for them, the Christian students. 2. For No. 2, what if the list contains a mixture of countable and uncountable nouns like this? How...

Hi Vincent, 1. Our cat understands everything-he's nearly human. This seems OK to me. I'd put a space on either side of the dash. Actually, I'd prefer to make it two sentences. But, it seems basically OK. It's OK to call your cat 'he', if it's not a 'she'. 2. All along the journey she kept...

Hi, I'd like to add a cultural comment. In N. America, it's not common to address people by their title. Most children would say 'Hello, Miss Smith' to their teacher. In an adult class, adult students would just say 'Hello'. In my adult class, people say 'Thanks' or 'Thanks, Clive'. I get a...