By Paragraphs, Clauses

No fisticuffs, gentlemen. Sorry about the mess, people. I didn't mean to fight with eagle2184. There must be a reason why the author of the book thinks it's #1. Is he/she generally reliable, Taka? I don't really know. He/She is one of the co-authors of the book, so I don't know who is...

Hello Your first sentence in your opening paragraph needs a dependent word marker to identify it as a dependent clause. Try, "With a stick in one hand..." Also, watch your comma usage. There are several places where you do not put a comma before the conjunction "but".

No background in philosophy, unfortunately; just the occasional inexpert paddle... The 'Bett's opinion' paragraph sounds fine to me, now I can read it as a whole, and is perfectly lucid. My previous suggestion would have made it much more difficult to follow. The comma before 'in the former'...

Strictly speaking, 'if not fully met' in the original version relates to 'HR Dept' in the next clause, rather than 'the requirements'. Though it's highly unlikely that anyone would mistake the meaning!

Hi, I am going to comment on three of your paragraphs, and then let you finish your essay. We are going to examine your first and second paragraphs, as well as your paragraph on sexual love. **First Paragraph** Love is a passionate four letter word that all of us have experienced before. Love...

Sorry to be so long, but I have been looking for a good comprehensive internet source on dashes; all the information seems to be in bits and pieces, and some of it is quite contradictory. Here is a good excerpt, however, from the Get it Write website: 'A number of you have written to ask us to...

Joannis Garcia English 50 Professor Anguiano Paper # 1 Final Draft 6 October 2004 Leaving Peru Most people leave their countries for many economic reasons, political problems, religious persecution, or sometimes just to fulfill a personal dream in their lives. Since I was a child, I knew that...

Hi Taka, In my original paragraph, here quoted: "Practically speaking, I can imagine that in short paragraphs, the topic could appear in a clause. After all, the whole paragraph may be only a single sentence. For example, the topic of this paragraph could be taken to be the clause 'the topic...

Ah! So "this" refers to: Practically speaking, I can imagine that in short paragraphs, the topic could appear in a clause. , right?

Thank you, Mister Micawber. I got it, except this part: For example, the topic of this paragraph could be taken to be the clause 'the topic could appear in a clause', although if asked to select the 'topic sentence', I would be obliged to choose 'Practically speaking...in a clause'. ---- Did...