In Before and After^x, Commas^x, Grammar^x

Looks pretty much OK to me! Just a couple of comments: Today, in such a warm evening glow, different colors streaming in through the open window over the blue wall, I feel much relaxed -- light as fur ... I took out the comma after "window". The comma isn't wrong but to me...

Hi, I've written a document and the reviewer has indicated that I should have a comma before and after my brackets. For example: "another job (listed in TOAD) which is..." becomes "another job, (listed in TOAD), which is...". Is this grammatically correct? It's a question of style...

Hi, 1. According to the survey, allow deductible controibutions would encourage about one million households to invest. ricky: According to the survey, allowing deductible controibutions would encourage about one million households to invest. OK ricky: can i rewrite it like this:...

Grammar Geek wrote: Perhaps this is another American thing, but here you always put a comma before AND after the state name when a city name is also included. That is my understanding too, and I feel it's justified.

I agree that this form appears a lot without commas, and with a little research, I came up with the following excellent explanation: Sometimes the appositive and the word it identifies are so closely related that the comma can be omitted, as in "His wife Eleanor suddenly decided to open her...

Dear JTT, I don't agree, IHNN. Why is a colon mandatory? If anything there is one too many commas. An appeals court ordered the money returned, however the IRS didn't comply. While you can discuss wether, the comma before "however" is to weak, and therefore should be replaced by a semicolon...