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Re: 1) not everyone who has the surname Barkley is descended from a common progenitor

Mr Wordy — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:02:03 GMT

1. "is" is correct ("everyone" is singular). But remember: use a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence and a full stop at the end (or a question mark or exclamation mark, of course).

2. This sentence is fine (apart from the missing full stop).

3) It is hot in here -- used of the temperature in some enclosed space, most often inside a building.

It is hot here -- can be used in any situation, indoors or outdoors, but often refers to the weather generally ("I'm on holiday in Australia. Phew ... it's hot here!").

3a) Of the two, it should be "What word should be filled in here?", but this is sloppy use of language in my opinion. The thing that is "filled in" is the space, not the thing that fills that space. It would be better to say: "What word should be inserted here?".

4) These are both ugly. You should say: "We have two foreign teachers and an Asian teacher at this school".

Re: Do they mean the same

Avangi — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:20:29 GMT

Anewcomer
Are they the same? They're not! Are we talking about overdrive, by any chance?
What is o/d used for in that car ? correct
and

What o/d is used for in that car ? incorrect sentence order

Is this correct: i know what o/d is used for that car I know what o/d is used for in that car.

can i say: what car is she driving Sure! all you need is a Capital Letter and a question mark.

Thanks

Re: corrections

Clive — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:38:49 GMT

Hi,

OK, but before we spend time on this, can you please try to correct the spelling yourself?

eg don't use 'texting' English, like 'u' instead of 'you'.

Also, please start each sentence with a capital letter and end each one with a period, question mark, etc.

Then we can help you, OK?

Clive

Re: Some qeutions about greunds and infinitves

Yoong Liat — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 05:31:03 GMT

what those sentnces mean (What do those sentences mean?)

I apprcited being invited to your home (I appreciated being invited to your home.)

in incorrect english does it mean : "to be invited" ? (In incorrect English, does it mean "to be invited"?)

another thing

"sometimes adolcents complain about not being understood by their parents"

(Sometimes adolescents ... parents.)

two of the sentnces have a same form? (... sentences have the same form?)

what's up (What's up?)

If you see spelling errors please fix me (If you see spelling errors, please correct them.)

Remember to start every sentence with a capital letter and end it with a question mark or a full stop.

I've also corrected your spelling errors.

Best regards

Re: Capital letters needed?

Pucca — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:02:34 GMT

You are all great!

Oh, oh..I don't know what I was thinking about..!Maybe it's that I haven't slept these days..well, I just realised that in Spanish there is no need to use capital letters after ":" and not after exclamation marks or question marks! I don't know how it is called in English. And my next question is..is capital needed after ":" aswell?

Thanks for your help!

Re: Capital letters needed?

Clive — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:55:39 GMT

Hi,

should we use a capital letter after a question mark or an exclamation mark?

Yes. These things mark the end of a sentence, and thus you need to start a new sentence.

Best wishes, Clive

Capital letters needed?

Pucca — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:52:15 GMT

I don't really know where to post this. It's not a grammar question nether a vocabulary in my opinion..

Well, should we use a capital letter after a question mark or an exclamation mark? This question came to my mind in a sudden when I was writing a post...
...I know, I know..it's a stupid question...but I've never known that, well, maybe it's like Spanish and there is no need of capital letters after the marks...

Thank you in advance!

Re: Is full stop before or after quotation marks?

J Lewis — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 17:20:05 GMT

I sometimes use the word "clever" when describing a person.
Here it is clear that the full stop has nothing to do with the quoted word and is part of the main sentence. The word "clever" doesn't need its own full stop. If we are quoting somebody speaking, then the quoted speech needs its own punctuation, which falls inside the quotes.
They said, "He's very clever." Note that a true quote begins with a capital letter.
What about commas?
If I don't like the word "clever", I say "smart" or something similar. Where would others put the comma in this case?

More problems arise with question and exclamation marks, which have the value of a full stop.
She said, "I love you!" This means she said it forcefully. The exclamation is hers.
She said, "I love you"! This shows that the speaker is over the moon about the fact that she loves him. The exclamation is the speaker's.

How about this one:
Did he really shout "Stop!"?
Here I should also put a question mark after "How about this one:" but it seems excessive! And would I put it before or after the colon?! Or even after the quote?!

To be logical, we should end a lot of sentences with full stop, end of quote, second full stop. We don't do this and the decision as to where to put the single full stop can be rather arbitrary.

Re: need help with grammar.

nona the brit — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 17:52:46 GMT

Hi Huxley,

Welcome to the forum.

Yes, you are correct. Question marks (?) and exclamation marks (!) always show that the sentence (not clause) has ended, in the same way as a full stop. Therefore, you need to start the next word, which is the first word of a new sentence, with a capital letter.

If you are working on capitals then it might be a good idea to start using them correctly in all parts of your writing, to get into good habits, and not just in theoretical examples. So don't forget that all sentences must start with a capital letter and that 'I' is always capitalised.

Few basic questions

Anonymous — Wed, 17 May 2006 04:23:42 GMT

Hi,

I hope someone can enlighten me.

I have a few basic questions about punctuation, especially within speach marks.

I was always under the impression that when using speech marks you ended with a full stop then the next sentence started with a capital letter like this :

"Hello." Replied the man. "How are you today?"

Am I totally wrong? Because I'm seeing more and more people putting comma's and not capitalizing the new sentence, like this:

"Hello," replied the man. "How are you today?"

So now I think I'm overdoing it punctuation wise and if I'm completely wrong I don't want to be giving the kids wrong information.

Also, is a question mark treated in the same way as a full stop? As in you capitalize the first letter after it.

Any clarification here would be fabulous.

Thanks in advance.