By Punctuation, Commas

“Come here, my little man!”, said the policeman kindly. “Why are you crying?” “I’ve lost my mummy!”, sobbed the little boy.“Don’t worry! We’ll soon find her. What is your name sonny?”, asked the policeman.“Tommy.” he replied, wiping away his tears. - OK“That’s the same as mine! Where do you...

You're right Yoong Liat...forgot the comma :)

Hi Anil Yoong Liat has: “I’m very sorry. I can’t stay just now, for I must be back at school by two o’clock. May I call again later in the afternoon?” (To me, "I'm very sorry" is by itself a complete sentence, so a full stop is required after 'sorry'. Do you notice...

I would move move the comma here: into his path and, as he approached to here: into his path, and as he approached

The only change I would make is to take out the comma between "beside this" and "there were".

In American style, the period or comma always goes inside the quotes. Do you have an example that you'd like help with?

Hi,CORRECT THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES THAT HAVE SENTENCE STYLE, WORD CHOICE, GRAMMATICAL SENTENCE and PUNCTUATION ERRORS, AND TELL WHAT RULE OF WRITING YOU ARE ADDRESSING. (The first one is done for you.) 1. Police dogs are used for finding lost children, tracking criminals, and the detection of...

Futurehuman11 wrote: The brackets already show that the clause is parenthetical, so the commas are pointless. I agree. To me, another job (listed in TOAD) which is... is correct (no commas are required.) If you insert a comma after 'job' and after the outer bracket, you are inserting...

Should't I say "Can you tell me who he is?" ?Yes, you should. However, if you make a pause when speaking (shown by the comma), you might say Can you tell me, who is he? The preferred punctuation (shown below) correctly shows this construction as two sentences: Can you tell me? Who is...