By Punctuation, Numbers

Well first, punctuation is not usually included in grammar, and the former can be even slipperier than the latter. In this case (as in many), it is more a matter of what communicates most clearly. I think all of yours are OK; I do have opinions (see below), but they are not important:a "by the...

Forgive me, but what do you mean by a “dash.” All the examples here show two hyphens. These are not dashes. There are three types of dashes, namely Hyphens, Em Dashes and En Dashes The hyphen is the shortest of the three and is used most commonly to combine words (compounds such as...

Apostrophe ( ' ) See Possessives for more information. The apostrophe is used when leaving out a letter or number in a contraction, e.g. can't, wouldn't. The apostrophe is used for omitted letters, e.g. rock 'n' roll, and for omitted numbers, e.g. the class of '72, the '20s. The...

"NASA SP-7084 Grammar, Punctuation, and Capitalization A Handbook for Technical Writers and Editors" (Mary K. McCaskill Langley Research Center Hampton, Virginia) says "The omission of auxiliary verbs is grammatical unless the subjects change number (Rowland 1962)". In your sentence, "winds" and...

Hi Paco, Just a few minor adjustments on your fine job of revision, including corrections of what may have just been typos. (I didn't get too critical of punctuation because it's too often too debatable). Hello Diary! Today something terrible happened. My personal hero J. F Kennedy has died....

I am reluctant to comment upon a legal matter but you will normally find lawyers have a better idea than laymen. I would say that, to me, the first example is ambiguous. I could read it either way. The second example I would take to apply to the entire section - i.e. the whole of number 4. But...

Just to apologize for the typo I made : I wrote 'ponctuation' whereas it should be 'punctuation'... Somebody ought to slap my sticky fingers... This refers to option number 1 in the original note above, which I think requires additional pUnctuation.

I have an article.Recently I sent this article to an ezine editor and he almost deleted my membership saying my article is full of grammamtical errors and doesn't have spaces after a comma or a period.Will u please take a look at my article?Following is the article: Your first step towards...

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It's a vast area, so I doubt you'll find a single comprehensive site, but googling 'poetry appreciation' will give you a beginning and directions to go. As you are curious about the line breaks in The Net, Clarence, I'll give you my two yen. I don't know the author, but I don't think much of a...