empressed ..I assume this is merely a typo, unless this a foreign spelling form for me? If the phrases were awkward, the rhythm repetitive, the style inconsistent, the material boring; it would have caught my attention, trust me Your use of the

I can't decide on how to write the following sentence correctly: Buy your books with Abc Books; the largest online store in the country. Should I be using a semicolon? Just a comma? Something else? Some help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.

I have been reading the book "Write Right! and can't understand the following advice about the use of commas. The following two passages seem contradictory to me. Any assistance would be appreciated! "A run-on...is two independent

In reference to a discussion about martial arts forms, this statement was made. "Which hand is in front; I think it's the right." Is this improper use of a semicolon? Should the sentence have been separated into individual thoughts?

Why not use a simple "but" instead of using "however" to begin sentences, or to begin part two of compound sentences? The word "however" seems so ponderous -- to me, anyway! -- when it's used when a little old

Hi, Mr.Micawber! Thanks for checking the sentences. Please, what kind of mistakes are there in the following sentences (I understood that I had to change semi-colon by periods in the first three sentences), because you said "These need

. These need work-- and all need to end in periods (or question marks), not semicolons : I'm rather lazy to do the household chores. The sofa is fairly wide to sit. He has a fairly good qualification for that work. If they came earlier, they

Hi, Clive: Yes, I know, but I thought I'd keep it the same way the writer presented it to me. It is an ugly sentence; that's for sure! I would replace the semicolon with a comma. Very few people seem to grasp when a semicolon can be used,

Hi Eddie, There are a series of conflicts that run throughout this story, the most important being Trujillo’s abuse of his dictatorship over the country; an external conflict between Trujillo and society. I just want to comment briefly that the

It should be used sparingly for stylistic purposes , that is, to introduce an emphatic, short sentence. Parenthetical elements of a sentence can be removed with the essential meaning of the sentence remaining. Appositives are always deemed as