Hi. Please help me with these. For no. 3, let us assume that the X's and slashes in "XX/XX/XXXX" is for a date that includes its day, month and year. And, do you think my way of thinking for either putting or not putting the

Hi. I could be mistaken but I think I have heard people say that short adverbial phrases when they come in front of a clause or are located somewhere appropriate within a sentence, a comma could, might as well, not be used. I think the example

Hi, Thank you. Could you help me with some individual cases? Please see colored part for my additional questions/comments. I wrote: Hi. Would you say any subordinate clauses that are placed predicatively should have a comma before it

Hi. Would you help me on these? 1. What would be the difference between these? They found the treasure, yet they didn't take it. They found the treasure, and yet they didn't take it. 2. What is the difference? I think

Clive, look up conjunctive adverb . - English teacher

Hi. Let us consider the following sentence. I think the sentence will not make sense even with a Xed-out word in terms of what it could be referring to. XXX is a specially made vehicle with long and hard rails, often used on farms . I

Hi, 1.They say, 'come sunshine or high water, the post will get delivered' More accurately, this is the common saying. Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their

1.They say, 'come sunshine or high water, the post will get delivered' is the first clause grammatically correct, if so what is it? a phrasal adverb? and what does it describe? if i were to change the 2nd clause to active voice: come

Hello. Is it correct to place a comma after time adverbs in front position, as in: "Then, I read chronologically some key texts in the history of philosophy as well as one overview of ancient philosophy." "Currently, I am reading a

Go with the first: ' First they had to clear the way then pull people out of the rubble.' (even the comma is punctuationally inappropriate). This should serve for any informal setting. For careful punctuation, I suggest you recast to, for