http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=tag%3aCapital+Letters+tag%3aCommasSearch results for 'tag:Capital Letters tag:Commas' matching tags 'Capital Letters' and 'Commas'en-USXMOD (Build: 3715.30106)http://www.englishforums.com/English/TieHighTreeWindFans/mvlvk/post.htm#1025166Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:35:39 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:1025166mr wordyIn the context of a wizards-and-sorcery narrative, it&#39;s natural except for &quot;exactly after&quot;. There is also a comma splice that needs fixing: &quot;Tie it high up in a tree. As the wind fans it, the doors to success will open for you. Check it out after exactly 24 hours ; if it&#39;s still wet, you should understand there is an evil eye on you.&quot; The description highlighted in green is correct English. It possibly should begin with a capital letter.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Commas/mrklc/post.htm#1005355Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:03:05 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:1005355grammar geekHi Anon, You need to try this exercise yourself first, otherwise we would just be doing your homework. You also need to put in the correct capital letters. They are important too.http://www.englishforums.com/English/4QuestionsThankYou/lwkgw/post.htm#961047Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:48:14 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:961047jemaasjr1 I have 10 gigabytes of music/ worth of music. 2 The hot water isn&#39;t on at a max at its boiling hot, so imagine if it was on the hottest. English is okay, but what you are trying to say is confused. 3 Dishwashing soap needs water to bubble./ lather . if If you use it dry it won&#39;t work. &quot;Lather&quot; is almost always used for shaving cream. 4 Do the dishes in three steps, first scrub and get all the grease out than rinse and finally go back and check the dishes in detail and to make sure its they are spotless. (would you use GO BACK IN DETAIL) You start out telling the reader there are three steps, and then you don&#39;t really have three steps. The thing just sort of runs on. &quot;And&quot; is a conjucton. If you want...http://www.englishforums.com/English/InOrOfInASentence/lvphx/post.htm#944398Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:04:53 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:944398califjimI hope they won&#39;t give you the wrinkles this time Too late! Everything gives me wrinkles! _______________ George used to have a statue on the mental of his apartment. ( Could &quot;in&quot; be natural?) mantel or mantelpiece (the shelf over a fireplace), not mental (having to do with the mind)! (This one was really funny, though you didn&#39;t intend it!) Only in his apartment sounds natural to me. Not of . ________________ I ran into you the other day in your hallway, in your building. (If the comma is removed, should &quot;in&quot; be replaced by &quot;of&quot;, so it would be &quot;in the hallway of your building&quot;?) ... in the hallway of your building. is fine. ... in the hallway in your building. is OK. ...http://www.englishforums.com/English/Capitalisation/lcwbw/post.htm#930913Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:10:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:930913cliveHi Matthew, Why do we capitalise the first letter of the word following Dear Sir, or Madam? Example: Dear Sirs, Here is my resume as requested . . . Dear Madam, I am pleased to accept. . . Here it&#39;s because of the pronoun I. Why so in other cases? Because it is the start of a sentence. The Dear Sir is just a formulaic greeting which is traditionally followed by a comma. The comma, however, is not intended in any way to connect Dear Sir to the sentence that comes next. Best wishes, Clivehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ACommaOrNoComma/lrdnc/post.htm#919857Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:49:32 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:919857mister micawberI wonder if a comma before the word (pronoun?) "which" would be correct.-- No; the following clause is a critical part of the definition of 'enzyme'. I also think that the word in capital letters "TECHNICAL" (in brackets) means the word is technical in terms of its use. -- That's right...except that it's really not terribly technical. Many laymen know what enzymes are.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ACommaOrNoComma/lrdnc/post.htmMon, 28 Sep 2009 05:20:05 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:919821anonymousHi. In the Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner&#39;s English Dictionary, it has this definition for the word &quot;enzyme,&quot; and I wonder if a comma before the word (pronoun?) &quot;which&quot; would be correct. Please help. I also think that the word in capital letters &quot;TECHNICAL&quot; (in brackets) means the word is technical in terms of its use. An enzyme is a chemical substance that is found in living creatures which produces changes in other substances without being changed itself.http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommasAndPeriods/kxnxx/post.htm#908030Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:32:11 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:908030cliveHi, i won&#39;t, it&#39;s none of my business anyway, i don&#39;t care if ronald mcdonald&#39;s your bf i won&#39;t. it&#39;s none of my business anyway. i don&#39;t care if ronald mcdonald&#39;s your bf. I&#39;ve corrected the punctuation. Howver, your sentences are still incorrect because they lack capital letters. How come you care about correct punctuation but you don&#39;t care about using capitals correctly? Best wishes, Clivehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalizationGrammar/kxdjn/post.htm#905195Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:57:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:905195mister micawberHello Mary-- and welcome to English Forums. The only conjunction in your title is 'but'; nevertheless, I agree that the title is a little problematic to capitalize. Looks should be taken into consideration, and I think it would be better to remove the comma, which I don't think is appropriate anyway: Not Whether but How to Civilizehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Help/kmqnm/post.htm#899025Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:36:29 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:899025grammar geekWhat sort of help do you need? It&#39;s not a very helpfu way to title your post. Start sentences with capital letters. Your sentence is actually a comma splice. You should replace the comma with a period.http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleseHelpBeenWent/klddh/post.htm#890305Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:31:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:890305califjimUse italics, not capitalization, to indicate example sentences. I know it shoud should be WENT and not BEEN, but I dont don&#39;t know why. It&#39;s because I&#39;ve been ( I have been ) is the present perfect tense, and last year is a specific time. The two can&#39;t be mixed. LOOK AT THE CLOUDS.IT WILL RAIN. If you put a comma, you will be making the mistake called &quot;comma splice&quot;. You need two separate sentences or a semi-colon. Look at the clouds. It will rain. Look at the clouds; it will rain. CJhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/PunctuationWithQuotes/kkdnl/post.htm#886339Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:32:52 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:886339ferdisWell, I can finally put this one to bed: In The Grammar Bible, which I love as a reference, it states that &quot;the comma and the period go inside the closing quotation marks at all times. There are no exceptions to this rule&quot; (Strumpf and Douglas 446). That must be an American bible then For example, the Penguin Writer&#39;s Manual states, &quot;When the quoted words do not form a full sentence, then there should be no capital letter and the full stop should appear outside the inverted commas because it belongs to the sentence in which the quotation appears, not to the quotation itself ... American usage differs from British usage at this point. In American usage, full stops and commas come inside the quotation...http://www.englishforums.com/English/Help/kgxmd/post.htmThu, 20 Aug 2009 02:00:51 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:868941anonymousFIVE WAYS TO CORRECT RUN-ON SENTENCES 1. PERIOD AND CAPITAL LETTER 2. COMMA AND FANBOYS CONJUCTION 3. SEMICOLON 4. SEMICOLON AND JOINING WORD 5. DEPENDANT WORD In each sentence underline the spot where each run-on or comma splice occurs( just type it first). Then correct the ten run on sentences , using each of the five methods at least once. 1. An earthquake in Missouri in 1811 was the most powerful ever felt in the United Utates it acually changed the course of the Mississippi River . 2. John spilled molasses onto his computer keyboard he decided that having a computer in his kitchen might not have been his brightest idea. 3. Latrell walked down the snowy path she left deep footprints in...http://www.englishforums.com/English/GrammarHelpSome5Sentences/kcmjd/post.htm#849149Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:13:02 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:849149mr wordyThe word &quot;I&quot; is always capitalised. Sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a period (or question mark or exclamation mark). Some of the commas I&#39;ve suggested are not mandatory. I just feel they help make the sentences easier to parse. The fixing of the incorrectly punctuated run-on sentences is mandatory (in correct English). She&#39;s more at home than me, since it&#39;s her mom that owns the place more than I. -- I suppose it&#39;s possible someone could say this, but you have to ask yourself exactly what is meant by someone owning something &quot;more than&quot; someone else. &quot;more than me&quot; would be more common here in everyday English. Beautiful/beautifully colored eyes -- ...http://www.englishforums.com/English/Grammar/jlczq/post.htm#806451Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:52:29 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:806451philipI agree, but use two commas. These things, and more, influence.... P.S. Most people here prefer not to read sentences all in capital letters. Thanks.http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommaAfterQuestionMarkCorrectUsage-Commas/jkzgd/post.htm#802561Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:24:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:802561mister micawberCould you please tell me if this sentence has the correct punctuation marks in the correct order, and if it makes sense? "Is that you Susan?," he asked the maid downstairs.-- It makes sense, but the comma should be deleted; punctuation marks (except brackets) cannot follow each other directly. Or should the comma come before the question mark and hence 'he' will start with a capital letter. -- No. See above . If it is correct, is it always true that commas follow the question mark and not vice versa? -- No. See above When at school I was sure that there was a rule with commas that they didn't come before 'and' or 'because', e.g., it seems to have drained him and created a bout of "severe cramp," because he was unable to complete the...http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommaAfterQuestionMarkCorrectUsage-Commas/jkzgd/post.htmWed, 01 Jul 2009 21:53:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:802369ellycatCould you please tell me if this sentence has the correct punctuation marks in the correct order, and if it makes sense? &quot;Is that you Susan?,&quot; he asked the maid downstairs. Or should the comma come before the question mark and hence &#39;he&#39; will start with a capital letter. If it is correct, is it always true that commas follow the question mark and not vice versa? One more question please. When I attended a Grammar school 30 years ago, I left after my G.C.E. o&#39;levels because of the clamour for jobs, so the memory of my grammar is diminishing fast, but with your expert help, I hope to rectify that. When at school I was sure that there was a rule with commas that they didn&#39;t come before &#39;and&#39;...http://www.englishforums.com/English/HiHowAreYou/jgklq/post.htmThu, 18 Jun 2009 09:00:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:784260kimberlykimiHi, how are you....? Where you are now? Where you are now leaving? pls. tell me so that i can know where you are now and where you from? Because as now i really really miss you so so much do you know that? You know i dont know what is image now because i haven&#39;t see you yet... How is your health now a days? I hope we could see with each other someday Huh?&quot; src=&quot;http://www.englishforums.com/emoticons/emotion-18.gif&quot; mce_src=&quot;/emoticons/emotion-18.gif&quot;&gt;http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseTextPart/jbvpn/post.htm#769503Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:42:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:769503mr wordy&quot;exchange&quot; is a general word for a place (physical or online) that matches buyers and sellers and facilitates transactions between them, so it seems appropriate here. General point : don&#39;t use CAPITAL LETTERS for emphasis; it&#39;s bad style and seems as if you&#39;re shouting at them. You can use italics or bold for emphasis, if required. I&#39;m not sure whether all the text you&#39;ve capitalised actually needs emphasising though. For example, I would not put &quot;exchange&quot; in bold every time you mention it -- it would get very tiresome. (My bold below shows things that I changed, not things I think should be emphasised, but I&#39;m sure that&#39;s obvious!) Some suggestions on the text: ...http://www.englishforums.com/English/DailyRoutineFavouriteDay/jchgg/post.htm#763783Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:39:57 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:763783cwtchDAILY ROUTINE I get up at 5 o´clock and then I have a shower. I have a breakfast at half past five. After breakfast I go to work. I start work at 7 o´clock. I have a lunch at 12 o´clock. I finish work at 15 o´clock. (In America, we say 3:00PM or 3 in the afternoon. If we do use 24 hour time or, military time as we call it, we would say 15 hundred hour. After work I go home or I go shopping. In the afternoon , I make some do some housework . at home Where else are you going to do it? (I washing, cleaning) Then , I read book or watch TV. I go to bed at 22 o´clock. (Same comment as above.) MY FAVOURITE DAY My favourite day is Saturday, because It ( be careful with capitalization) is free day. In the morning I get up at 8 o´clock....http://www.englishforums.com/English/HelpGrammarOtherEssayProofread-ErrorsMyselfSure/wghjr/post.htm#699839Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:25:53 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:699839danielrams07High school and College are very important to everyone all over the world. Everyoneneeds a good education in order to succeed in life. Without an education people would not beable to do any of our ( people and our do not match. -3rd person plural versus 1st person plural) career jobs like teaching, owing a business, or any other jobs. High school and college are (you have a plural subject) a remarkable thing (you have a plural subject and a linking verb, so the predicate must also be plural) for everyone to experience but it&#39;s (you have a plural antecedent!) a very difficult task. High school and college are very much alike but are different as well. High school and college instructors, the...http://www.englishforums.com/English/HelpGrammarOtherEssayProofread-ErrorsMyselfSure/wghjr/post.htm#699833Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:12:05 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:699833alpheccastarsI have marked where you have errors of grammar. I did not correct most of them, but gave you a clear reason for the error, so you can fix it yourself. High school and College are very important to everyone all over the world. Everyoneneeds a good education in order to succeed in life. Without an education people would not beable to do any of our ( people and our do not match. -3rd person plural versus 1st person plural) career jobs like teaching, owing a business, or any other jobs. High school and college is (you have a plural subject) a remarkable thing (you have a plural subject and a linking verb, so the predicate must also be plural) for everyone to experience but it (you have a plural antecedent!) is a very...http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseCorrectMyEssay/wgdxr/post.htm#699439Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:53:14 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:699439grammar geekbritsh researchers said that a number of people who living with cancer have witnessed a remarkable improvement in their health and life style after being treated with bacteria that is typically found in soil ... researchers stated that this bacteria has properities help to overcome depression by stimulating the chemical substance of serotonin , that the reduction of this substance lead man to melancholy . so the anti dipression drugs operate by stimulating the chemicals in the brain... Hi lolokal, Please use proper capitalization and punctuation, and check your spelling. Sentences start with a capital letter and end with a period/full stop, not an ellipsis. (One . not three ...) Also, commas go immediately...http://www.englishforums.com/English/SentenceCorrection/wdlpl/post.htm#686369Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:26:38 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:686369avangiC. is a complete sentence already, starting with a capital letter and ending with a period (just a clue - the sentence is correct). A. &amp; D. are sentence beginnings, starting with capital letters and ending with commas. B. &amp; E. are sentence endings, starting with small letters and ending with periods. D. may be completed by either B. or E. You may prefer one over the other for contextual reasons, but both are grammatically correct. A. may not be completed by either B. or E. A. is in simple past tense and B. is in simple present, while E. is present perfect. The context of the sentences will not allow these combinations. Edit. Sorry, I had an interruption: the dog got loose.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Help/wdhcg/post.htm#684972Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:05:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:684972avangiHi, kitten, Thanks for joining us. Welcome to English Forums. I can see nothing wrong with your sentence, except that you did what I just did. You followed a comma with a capital letter. You should use a small &quot;s&quot; on &quot;such,&quot; since it doesn&#39;t begin a new sentence. Some people might prefer &quot;including&quot; to &quot;such,&quot; but I don&#39;t think &quot;such&quot; is incorrect. I personally would use &quot;including.&quot; Best wishes, - A.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReplacementPeriodSemicolon/wdcrw/post.htm#683504Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:01:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:683504grammar geekRaen, I&#39;m going to answer quickly before Clive does. You never NEED to use a semicolon. You can ALWAYS use a period and start the new sentence with a capital letter instead of joining them with a semi-colon. The semi-colon joins two otherwise independent clauses (sentences) that are very closely linked in meaning or that otherwise have a very strong association. In your example, the part &quot;it is astouding&quot; is a complete sentence and it is spliced on to the prior portion with a comma. That is incorrect. You could put a semicolon there, or period. ...so old and minute. It is astounding. ...so sold and minute; it is astounding. Personally, the prior sentence is so long, I would not use the semicolon there,...http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifferenceBetweenDoneDid/wbmmn/post.htm#676811Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:39:40 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:676811yankeeHi Rames. Welcome to EnglishForums! I will try to answer and correct each of your questions. However, I&#39;ll also give you a tip for the future: When you post something here, try to avoid asking extremely general questions. Try to make your questions as specific as possible. If a question is too general or broad, it really isn&#39;t possible to answer it in one forum thread. I want to learn good E nglish . One thing you should do right away is make sure you use capital letters and punctuation properly all the time. The first word at the beginning of a sentence should always be capitalized. The words &quot;I&quot; and &quot;English&quot; are always capitalized. There should always be a space after a comma or a period. There should...http://www.englishforums.com/English/PunctuationCapitalizationWordChoice-Needed/wrlqk/post.htmFri, 13 Feb 2009 17:56:32 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:671629postmodernblissHello, I would be most appreciative if someone can help me with the following questions regarding punctuation, capitalization, and correct word choice. First, is it appropriate only to use a colon when one is listing words in a sentence. For example, &quot;please bring the following items: socks, shoes, and a tie.&quot; Under what other circumstances can one use a colon? Second, is it proper to capitalize a directional word, such as east, west, etc., when you are using it to describe where you are from? For example, &quot;I am a Westerner&quot; or &quot;I am from the West.&quot; Furthermore, in regard to dialogue speech in a sentence, do I need to capitalize the first word of the sentence if it doesn&#39;t begin with the word...http://www.englishforums.com/English/CheckMySentencePlz/hzdwz/post.htm#610243Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:17:38 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:610243avangiHi, I don&#39;t think this works. The simple problem is that you have a &quot;comma splice.&quot; These are two separate sentences. You can either use a semi colon, or a period and capital letter. I think your contrasting ideas should be treated in a more parallel way. They are not this; they are that. They are not artificial (adjective); they are sincere (adjective). (Sincerely is an adverb.) They didn&#39;t come out artificial at all. In fact, they came out very sincere. I can&#39;t think of the bloody term, but I would say this expression &quot;came out&quot; (compound verb) may alternatively be considered a member of the class of verbs like &quot;seems, smells, looks, tastes, etc.&quot; I think it can work both ways:...http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDashColonSemicolon/2/ghzdj/Post.htm#605686Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:51:05 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:605686grammar geekYou use a semi-colon in those rare instances when you have two complete, independent sentences, but you want them tightly joined. Instead of using a period/full stop (and starting with a capital letter for the second one), you join them with a semi-colon. John danced ; and Jane sang the song, waving her hands at him, in what could be considered a double-performance. The sentence above is the equivalent of John danced . A nd Jane sang the song, waving her hands at him, in what could be considered a double-performance. Why would you not simply join them: John danced and Jane sang the song, waving her hands at him , in what could be considered a double-performance. (The comma after &quot;him&quot; should also be removed.)http://www.englishforums.com/English/LetterWriting/hbcgd/post.htm#590303Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:47:29 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:590303mister micawber. Hello lapislazuli, and welcome to English Forums. 1. Do I use a dot after Mr in the salutation?-- No dot is becoming the accepted form, but both are OK. 2. Do I use a comma or a colon or nothing at all after the salutation? -- Most use a colon for a business letter-- but again, I believe that BrE prefers no punctuation these days. 3. Do I start my first sentence with a capital letter? -- Yes, of course. Every sentence begins with a capital letter. Business practice (I mean punctuation) varies slightly from style guide to style guide. And there are certainly websites out there. I suggest that you follow the guidelines promulgated by the head of your department. .http://www.englishforums.com/English/LetterWriting/hbcgd/post.htmFri, 21 Nov 2008 10:12:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:590243lapislazuliHello, My questions concern writing official/business letters. 1. Do I use a dot after Mr in the salutation? 2. Do I use a comma or a colon or nothing at all after the salutation? 3. Do I start my first sentence with a capital letter? My head of department says that using a comma and starting the body with a capital letter are just &quot;things people do&quot; however, he claims that it is not &quot;proper English&quot;. Could you please let me know the official rules for starting a letter? Best would be if you could direct me to a link with such regulations. Thank you very much zshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/PunctuationCheckedOver/hbbgl/post.htm#589978Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:57:56 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:589978cliveHi, I would really appreciate anyone who could check over these sentences to ensure all the punctuation is correct. This is an assignment for a correspondence course I&#39;m taking, and I think I have them mostly right but I&#39;d like to be sure. (This lesson focuses mainly on the period, question mark, exclamation mark, comma, semicolon, colon, dash, apostrophe, hyphen, quotation marks, italics/underlining, parantheses, brackets, slashes, capital letters, numbers) a) Her favourite writers, Joyce Ca r ol Oates and James Dickey, are both contemporary. j) The lawn, a little ragged, needs to be cut; the hedge, shrubs, and ivy need to be trimmed; the flowers need to be watered; and not least of all, the gardener needs to be ...http://www.englishforums.com/English/PunctuationCheckedOver/hbbgl/post.htmThu, 20 Nov 2008 17:45:03 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:589962emchappsHi, I would really appreciate anyone who could check over these sentences to ensure all the punctuation is correct. This is an assignment for a correspondence course I&#39;m taking, and I think I have them mostly right but I&#39;d like to be sure. (This lesson focuses mainly on the period, question mark, exclamation mark, comma, semicolon, colon, dash, apostrophe, hyphen, quotation marks, italics/underlining, parantheses, brackets, slashes, capital letters, numbers) a) Her favourite writers, Joyce Caol Oates and James Dickey, are both contemporary. b) Your faults are an uncontrollable temper, inexperience, and indifference to your work. (should there be a colon after the word are?) c) Since we had driven the car 87,000 kilometres,...http://www.englishforums.com/English/WantMeaningOfThisSentence/gqgqk/post.htm#581758Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:40:11 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:581758yankeeHi Redfort.naren I&#39;ve made suggestions for improvement inside the quote. Y ou are totally upset over someone, but they are not worth it. Y ou deserve so much better. That is the sentence. L et me give you the situation so that you may understand it better. A ctually , I am in love with a gir l w ho is in love with some other guy. I am completely depressed. O ne day a fortune teller tells me the above sentence. Don&#39;t forget to use capital letters when needed, spell the word &quot;you&quot; correctly, and leave a space between a comma or a full stop/period and the word that follows it.http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsThisSentenceCorrect/gqzhb/post.htm#581314Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:59:41 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:581314cliveHi, No, it&#39;s not correct. You have several run-on sentences. That means two sentences joined by a comma, when instead a period and a capital letter should be used to start a new sentence. Have a look again at where you have used commas, and try to decide if you need a period + capital letter. Best wishes, Clivehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/PastTense/gqbxc/post.htm#580511Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:41:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:580511grammar geek?? I corrected that by placing the period and the required capital letter to start the second sentence in bold. I don&#39;t see what you mean about my example showing them being joned by a comma.http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommaAndCapitalization/gnnjw/post.htm#568916Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:16:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:568916grammar geek1. If the quoted material is an exact quote, then keep the capital letter to start it. However, in your example, the ? belongs inside the quotation marks. The ? goes with the question. 2. No, this should not be capitalized. It&#39;s a common noun. EDIT: Oops - I somehow missed that it was about commas, not capitals. Sorry, and thanks Philip for not being as blind as I was!http://www.englishforums.com/English/InTextCitation/gvpcg/post.htmMon, 09 Jun 2008 22:32:51 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:525153the painkillerhey there ... (Alexander &amp;Hill, 2006) It’s widely understood that it is far less costly to keep existing customer than it is to win new ones (p. 1), attracting new customers requires high costs on marketing campaigns that would include: advertising and promotion .. Few questions please .. - I would like to know if there is a need o put comma, dot after the two bracktes (text) - are we supposed to put capital letter after the bracket like in (text) A strategy is .. Finally, I included International Business Machines&#39;s Strategy (IBM) in my term paper .. so how could i document it, since i am following the in-text citation way, i mean where to put this (IBM&#39;s official website, 2008) IBM’s customer...http://www.englishforums.com/English/LouisMacneiceSundayMorning/znkpr/post.htmMon, 03 Mar 2008 19:28:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:484619mrav12Hi i have an essay to write on Louis Macneice&#39;s - Sunday Morning. I was wondering if anybody could help me analyse it as i have a very hard time reading and understanding poetry. Any help would be amazing - meaning, use of enjambment, causuras, repetition, aliteration, assonance, etc. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me out. Louis MacNeice - Sunday Morning Down the road someone is practising scales, The notes like little fishes vanish with a wink of tails, Man&#39;s heart expands to tinker with his car For this is Sunday morning, Fate&#39;s great bazaar, Regard these means as ends, concentrate on this Now, And you may grow to music or drive beyond Hindhead anyhow, Take corners on two wheels until you go so fast That you can...http://www.englishforums.com/English/HelpWithPunctuationPart3/zmgkl/post.htm#478486Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:30:31 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:478486yoong liatHi can someone please approve my answer to the following punctuation exercise. My punctuation marks answers are highlighted in red font. Re-write the following, putting in capital letters, punctuation marks, apostrophes and quotation marks: “What a strange trunk!&quot; exclaimed John. “Whose is it?” It’s Captain Hardy’s,” replied his Uncle Dick. “I’ll tell you about it if you’ve time to listen.” “I’m very sorry, (.) I can&#39;t stay just now , for I must be back at school by two o’clock. May I call again later in the afternoon?” A full stop after &#39;sorry&#39;, as indicated in brackets. An apostrophe between n and t in can&#39;t. A comma after &#39;now&#39;.http://www.englishforums.com/English/QuotationsCommasCapitalization/zljqg/post.htm#474544Fri, 08 Feb 2008 21:41:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:474544yoong liatGrammar Geek wrote: Option 2 - you DO put the comma right before the quote and you DO start the quoted material with a capital letter. Hi Barbara It should be option 1. Option 1. After a while, he said, “The scars will fade.” ( You DO start the quoted material with a capital letter .) Option 2. After a while, he said, “the scars will fade.” ( In this sentence, the quoted material doesn't start with a capital letter .)http://www.englishforums.com/English/QuotationsCommasCapitalization/zljqg/post.htm#474539Fri, 08 Feb 2008 21:22:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:474539grammar geekOption 2 - you DO put the comma right before the quote and you DO start the quoted material with a capital letter.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Correct/zwzjg/post.htm#458598Sun, 30 Dec 2007 19:08:32 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:458598buddhaheart"Make up to ( the ‘to’ is not necessary ) your mind for ( space required after ‘for’ ) yourself what you 'need' and will use the more ( the underlined clause doesn’t make sense or doesn’t sound natural? ), ( This is a ‘comma splice’. Start a new sentence if possible. ) if ( possibly ‘If’ with a capital letter ‘I’.’If’ might not even be necessary ) you already have a desktop that is still ( The word ’still’ is redundant. Delete it. ) running smoothly why buy a laptop ? I'd say buy a PS3/XBOX360 and wait a lil (little?) bit more for ( Wordiness. How about just ‘until’? ) the ( a? ) new ( newer?) collection( series? model? ) of laptops to come out, you'd ( you then? ) get a better laptop ( Could use pronoun here like ‘one’? ) for the same...http://www.englishforums.com/English/StudentsResumeScholarshipAdmend/zwvkr/post.htm#458578Sun, 30 Dec 2007 17:49:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:458578grammar geekOften things like this are listed in reverse chronological order -- that is, the most recent is first, and the oldest is last. When you get to 2007, you have so many things that a bulleted list might be better. Good luck with your scholarship application. OBJECTIVE : DON KNOW WHAT TO WRITE…(please advise) Only you know what your objectives are. What do you want to study? Why do you want to study it? My 8 year old has an abiding passion for sharks and wants to go to college to study marine biology so she can go on to study sharks in their natural setting. What do YOU want to do? EDUCATION: UPSR 2002 (SJK(C)FOON YEW 1, J.B) I have no idea what this means. Secondary education ( SMK TAMAN DAYA 2, JB ) ...http://www.englishforums.com/English/CanYouSay/zzklg/post.htm#445358Fri, 23 Nov 2007 02:49:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:445358yoong liatClive wrote: Hi, "Sorry that i didn't answer, my phone fell out because my battery was dead" " Sorry that i didn't answer, my phone stopped working because my battery was dead" You also need a capital letter ' I '. Clive Hi Clive I notice you use a comma. Would it be better if the sentence were rephrased as follows? "Sorry that I didn't answer. My phone stopped working because my battery was dead." "Sorry that I didn't answer; my phone stopped working because my battery was dead." Many thanks.http://www.englishforums.com/English/TenseHadnt/zdwdm/post.htm#434830Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:50:35 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:434830yankeeNewguest wrote: HI HI ! IS IT REALLY A BIG MISTAKE TO PUT A COMMA AFTER "ALI?" It is a little mistake. WHY CAN'T WE SAY "A BAD LUCK" The word 'luck' is uncountable. You cannot use 'a' with an uncountable noun. You can say something such as 'a bit of bad luck' or 'some bad luck', however. I WROTE "TODAY" AT THE END OF THE SENTENCE CAUSE, BUT MAYBE I'M WRONG, HE'S STILL ALIVE, THAT'S WHY I WROTE "HE WOULD SUFFER" I KNOW THERE IS SOMETHING LIKE MIXED CONDITIONALS. I WROTE "HE HADN'T BEEN A BOXER" BECAUSE HE'S NOT ONE ANY MORE, That doesn't change the fact that you have begun a Type III conditional . The unchangeable fact is that he was a boxer and therefore the condition ("wasn't/hadn't been a boxer") is impossible to...http://www.englishforums.com/English/TopicSentences/zcckh/post.htm#428189Sun, 07 Oct 2007 11:58:34 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:428189feebs11Fortu wrote: hi everybody... I have to write 5 topic sentences about the Typhoon Krosa and I'm not absolutely sure whether I did it right . Would be very nice if someone could have a look at them and tell me, whether the sentences are good as topic sentences. 1) China's eastern coast prepares for tropical storm Kros a after it killed four people in Taiwan. (here I'm not sure whether I have to write Tropical Storm with capital letters) No, you don't need capitals.Also, omit the comma after Krosa. 2) Facing the approaching tropical storm Krosa, Chinese aut h orities have evacuated more than a million people. Fine 3) As Typhoon Krosa battered Taiwan, it killed five and injured more than 50 people. (Is this too...http://www.englishforums.com/English/NeedCorrectEnglishGrammar/zrjzk/post.htm#420309Tue, 18 Sep 2007 03:14:52 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:420309grammar geek1.Waters boils at 100 degrees centigrade. Okay 2.. the swimming path opens at 9.00 and close at 18.30 everyday. Remember to start with a capital letter. I don't know what a "swimming path" is. Also, the style I use is to write time with a : not a. 9:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. 3. what time do es the banks close in Britain? Remember to start with a capital letter. 4. How many cig ar ettes do you smoke every day? More natural: each day 5. what do you do? Remember to start with a capital letter. 7&gt; how do you go to school? Remember to start with a capital letter. Do you mean "by bus" etc? <FONT color=#00008http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseHelpMeCompleteThis/vqxxg/post.htm#417009Tue, 11 Sep 2007 05:48:38 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:417009anonymousI'm so sorry about the capital letters. I'm way too concerned about the commas and full stops that i forgot about it. Is it ok if i put a full stop after bob instead of a comma? THANK YOU!