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I don't think the commas are necessary. But their presence is ok too. Commas in English can be used two ways: rhetorical (to signal where the speaker should pause) and grammatical (to separate clauses or phrases). Originally all English punctuation was rhetorical, but nowadays grammatical...

1. A modifying subordinate clause that interrupts or concludes a main clause is not set off with punctuation when it is essential to the meaning of the word or words it modifies. Here i don't understand what "essential" means. 2. Absolute phrases consist of a noun or pronoun and a participle,...

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

GW, there are rules for these things (which unfortunately sometimes differ between AmE and BrE usage), and there is an over-riding guideline of clarity: if it gets too messy or iffy, reframe the sentence. With regard to your specific examples:The word 'and' can be used intermittently...

I've been to many websites, but there are still things that confuse me.I suppose "back in the day" when the Internet could not italicize things, people used some type of punctuation for marking significant words.The word 'and' can be used intermittently throughout the paper, but the paper may...

Hi, My question is do you know a sentence similar in meaning and contains a noun-clause:'It is amazing what you learn from hanging around bars.'?I'm not sure what you are asking about. This sentence already has a noun-clause, 'what you learn from hanging around bars'. Punctuation?ok? Yes. Best...

My question is do you know a sentence similar in meaning and contains a noun-clause: 'It is amazing what you learn from hanging around bars.'? Punctuation?ok? Inchoate

Many useful pieces of information. Thank you! I promise I am going to write my letters using the 'caps lock' as of now. At the end of the day, I think it is more a matter of respecting each other whether you do so or not. However, I respected you every bit as much before as I do you now,...

Nona: KIA, a car company, plans to expand and Bob suggested that we should call KIA and ask who their suppliers are. Perhaps I am missing something, but I'm somewhat surprised at your NOT using a comma after plans to expand. Swan, Practical English Usage, p. 489...

Clive: Thanks for your response. While I agree that it reads better without the "As" I need to correctly punctuate the sentence without adding, deleting or moving any of the words. I think the "As" is part of the excersize to point out how to punctuate clauses that begin with words like...