By Articles, Clauses

Hi,I am not too sure about the punctuation for certain dash use cases.Case involving a relative clause: aw He spend hours day and night writing newspaper articles -- and, of course, not going out with his friends as he ususally did on weekends -- but he couldn't finish it on time. Sad case,...

.Thanks for catching my typo.Either article will serve. 'The' because the following clause ('I couldn't crack wide open') defines it.

I don't personally think that this is an egregious error in informal writing, but I would avoid it in formal writing, where I'd say something like: He said that he could append a clause to read "I am John Doe and I wrote this disclaimer." (The only reason I used...

Dear Forum Guru, Thanks for your comments and suggestions. Actually, this is a part of an article I am translating into english. I will remember not to use "because of the fact that" clause. Abil

Hi, I was looking at the article titled "U.S. chides Seoul for beef backslide" on its Saturday, May 17th, 2008 edition of the JoongAng Daily and have these questions on some sentences it had: Washington , on the other hand, is demanding that Korea fully open its markets t U.S. beef...

As you can imagine, I started my little search when I heard that Democratic primary elections had been held in Puerto Rico, although Puerto Rico has no representatives in the Congress (it appears to have a non-voting delegate, though). Why can they vote in the primary elections?I really find it...

Yes. I think in this context it would be used only when there's a descriptor between the article and the proper noun. I think it's just a compressed form, calling attention to the descriptor without having to give it a clause or a phrase - this time, common to news...

Hi, I was reading the May 14, 2008 (May (Web-only) article of the ChristianityToday magazine titled "Double Divorce" by Sarah Pulliam and have the following questions. A paragraph from the article: Wheaton's Community Covenant requires the upholding of "the sanctity of...

Hi, I was reading the May 14, 2008 (May (Web-only) article of the ChristianityToday magazine titled "Double Divorce" by Sarah Pulliam and have the following questions. A paragraph from the article: Wheaton's Community Covenant requires the upholding of "the sanctity of...

China's death toll from a massive earthquake soared by thousands Wednesday as troops rushed to plug "severe cracks" in a dam upriver from one of the hardest hit cities. I have another question regarding the use of as. Should the two clauses that as connects have some strong, tight...