Search results for 'tag:Capital letters tag:Punctuation' matching tags 'Capital letters' and 'Punctuation'

Re: SOS - CAN ANYONE KINDLY CHECK THIS OUT PLZ!

Eimai_Anglos — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:16:24 GMT

One sentence does not begin with a capital letter (but ought to).

One word beginning with "s" and one with "n" is misspelt.

An apostrophe is missing.

A quotation mark is opened but not closed.

Re: Correct or Not

Eimai_Anglos — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:42:56 GMT

"why was late reply" is not a sentence. It has no meaning. In English a sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a punctuation mark (. ; : ? !)

In addition, you seem to have omitted a definite or indefinite article or a possessive pronoun and mixed up the word order.

"Why was his reply late?"

"Why was the reply late?"

Re: sentence

Clive — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:24:54 GMT

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 more interested in defence investment.

You seem to think that grammar is necessary but that capital letters and punctuation are not. You are mistaken.

Best wishes, Clive

Re: the use of ( a , the , of , in , on , none )

Clive — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:35:41 GMT

Hi,
You have mixed your examples and your comments together, in a way that confuses me. Your lack of capital letters and your creative use of your own version of punctuation also makes it hard for me to follow your comments.

Think of it this way.
You walk into a room where I am, and you say 'I saw a student today'. I might say 'Oh, that's nice', or I might not even say anything at all. It's the first time this student has been nebtioned in our conversation.

You walk into a room and say 'I saw the student today'. I'd probably ask 'Which student?', because it sounds like you are referring to a specific student that you think I am already aware of.

Best wishes, Clive

Re: klÅ

Huevos — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:40:33 GMT

Try using punctuation, writing in sentences and using capital letters for proper nouns and at the start of sentences. By the way you didn't ask a question.

Re: correction required in grammer

Grammar Geek — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:16:02 GMT

Hi mrkhan, and welcome to English Forums.

Aside from any other grammar issues, remember to start sentences with a capital letter and use end punctuation.

"Never has it happened" is okay, but not a common way to start. It certainly is emphatic. I'd suggest "Never before has..."

I'm not sure what you mean to say in the rest of the sentence though. Never before has the system been ...??

Can you try to say "closed to the nature" another way? Your meaning isn't clear.

Thanks,

Re: is this correct

Clive — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:42:14 GMT

Hi,
is this ~~grammetrically~~ grammatically correct?

do u believe in intutions and ESP (extra sensory perception) kind of things, i always ignore them thinking mere coincidences.
but the questions is ..are coincidences so frequent?
No. In addition to grammar problems, your spelling is incorrect, you are missing capital letters, your punctuation is not correct and you are using an inappropriate texting-style abbreviation.

Do you believe in intuition and ESP (extra sensory perception)? I always ignore events of this kind, thinking of them as mere coincidences, but the question is whether coincidences occur so frequently.

Best wishes, Clive

Re: eyes burn

New2grammar — Mon, 26 May 2008 20:01:58 GMT

I won't. I grab every opportunity I get to correct my English.

The original is not my writing. I copied it over from a native speaker's blog. I rarely see native speaker not using capital letters and correct punctuation. Somehow, she's different. Don't worry, I won't pick up the incorrect usage after I've tried so hard to learn the right usage.

Thanks for the advice, GG.

Re: is or was?!

Grammar Geek — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:30:32 GMT

ripsi, welcome to the forums.

Use the "is" version. Unless something has happened to explain his absense, it remains strange at this moment in time.

It's a terrible question - either can be true. Was it strange yesterday when you realized he wasn't there? Is it strange now, having just learned he wasn't there?

In the meantime, take a bit more care with your writing. Use capital letters, and remember that there is no space before the punctuation mark, and that "wasn't" is one word.

Re: Any Mistake with Adjective Caluse?

Grammar Geek — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:23:14 GMT

Anonymous

the large city where i grew up is large

Hi - Please start a new thread when you have a question, instead of adding on to a very old thread.

Your sentence will be correct if you use capital letters and end punctuation when you re-write it.