Please do not post in capital letters. Your question is too large to be answered in a forum post. You would do better to use Google to research this question. Search for "English grammar modals". CJ

Hi, No, because you need to start a sentence with a capital letter. Clive

You know, this forum is for General English Grammar Questions. "General" suggests that the questions should be of general interest to anyone learning English. It seems that it is increasingly being used as a chat room for students of a

This is a forum for grammar questions, not teaching philosophy. However, I would suggest that in preparation for teaching English you could start by observing the basic principles of capitalization and correct spelling.

Hi baller, thanks for joining us. Welcome to English Forums. This is the place. Essays or compositions which are very long and full of errors sometimes get skipped over. If you're in a hurry, it would be a good idea to check for simple things

Catherine, Learning English is one thing but mastering it means much more. Based on your post, there are several areas which need to be improved. Aside from proper grammar and tenses, capitalization, space, punctunation, and tone are areas you

"Are you planning..." and "Are you staying..." are the present progressive tenses.  Unless you mean to ask if the person is currently, actively making a plan to stay awake, or currently, actively staying awake, that's not

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Thank you, Grammar Geek! If I use italics to set off the thought (as in C), should I start the thought with a capital letter (as in A)? I thought, We should buy one of these . If so, would the same sentence be acceptable without italics? I

Hi, goverment is more interested in investment in the defence for example for example goverment is more interested in investment in the defence Government is more interested in investment in defence, for example. For example, the government is