In Articles^x, Commas^x

Hi LiJ I think the sentence is better with a comma. It makes the reader pause, and that helps him understand the sentence better. Some people who consider themselves experts give this advice: Use a comma after a subordinate clause but not before it: If I see him next week, I'll talk to him. I'll...

Hi, Yoong Liat. I think I was thinking about those names of long articles that are longer than a word or two. As to the first question, I am seeing more and more cases where short contents are quoted without having a comma in front of it like this: When asked about our favorite sports, I...

If I was going to pick holes, than I would take issue with this sentence: He was being recalled, although he had not broken any laws, foreign ministry spokeswoman Zehavit Ben-Hillel told reporters. As the two commas make its point a little ambiguous. We already know that he is being recalled...

Massacre proceeds rapidly and is indiscriminate. Perfectly acceptable - it means Massacre proceeds rapidly and massacre is indiscriminate. Massacre is indiscriminate with its rate of progress being rapid Probably needs a comma, to separate the main statement from the additional information....

I agree. The first retains the second article (though it needn't be kept) because they are different, I suppose-- a and an . It would more likely be dropped if the sentence read ' because of an illness or accident '. Also, the comma is inappropriate.

Hello, I've made some corrections in bold and the highlighted areas are other problems that I've left you to work out for yourself. Your main problems are with prepositions and articles. You are missing out lots of these. You also have a lot of problems with punctuation and are just putting...

Hi, Did you correct the following one? If you did, where did you place commas or did you feel commas are unnecessary? <<< OK Is it OK to put an article , 'a' , here? Also, this just came up, did I write a question correctly? How would you rewrite the underlined question,...

Thank you very much. Did you correct the following one? If you did, where did you place commas or did you feel commas are unnecessary? Is it OK to put an article 'a' here? Also, this just came up, did I write a question correctly? How would you rewrite the underlined question, which...

Believer wrote: I have a sentence that seems to be followed with a restrictive clause, would you say there is no need for an article because the underlined part is in effect defining the noun 'apples'. Defining so no need to make it definite? I have apples that have not been sprayed with...

Dawnstorm wrote: Philip wrote: I'm not sure how wide-spread it still is, but the comma before the 'and' is officially known as the Oxford comma (I suppose the reason is obvious). Reminds one of Lynne Truss' delightful Eats Shoots and Leaves , reading I would recommend on both sides of the...