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... 4) .. man is the king of the universe. Man is king of the universe. Or... The man is king of the universe. The two sentences have very different ... of humanity. The second implies that one person, out of all of humanity, holds the title

Hi all, I desperately need to know if a comma should be included or removed before "etc." E.g.: "These products are available in Europe: France, Spain, Portugal, etc." Thanks!!

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I had never heard of it but this is what I fouund out. It appears that it is not a common grammatical term. Sometimes when you combine sentences, you can show time relationships. Connecting words such as : after, before, since, until,

Is this sentence puctuated correctly? I dissected the cystic artery free and separated the tissue around the area, such that the only two structures communicating with the gallbladder in the area of the porta hepatis were the obvious artery and

"Different than", the 20th-century Americanism, is illegal in BrE. Exactly, and you also demonstrate our superior hyphenation techniques. Not to mention our identical quote-comma ordering. Er... Mike Barnes Cheshire, England

In my opinion no comma is required in the original sentence. "A and B along with C and D are required." This sounds fine to me. By the way, the so-called optional comma drives me nuts. This comma, that is, the comma next to the "and" is

I'm not sure if I'd put a comma in the sentence, but if I did, I'd put it here: Excellent customer service and leadership skills, along with strong verbal and written communication skills are required at all times.

Oh. I went to USA public schools and I did not know that about USA and commas. Maybe my USAness was corrupted by the 11 years in London ages 17 to 28? I usually never put a comma with and, or and but. Am I all mixed up? I am not a