By Clauses, Commas

Re: comma usage

.First: No comma before to establish. the context of the nonfinite clause is restrictive of failure, not parenthetical.Second: definitely NO comma before sparked. You cannot place a single comma between Subject and Verb.

Re: How to find the robber

Sounds good. Commas after "hair," first sentence, second paragraph; and after "blood" in last paragraph. "ask the person who they think is the robber" - Sorry, my ear says "whom," but I always get messed up about whether it's really the subject of...

Re: conjunctive adverb

Hi, Hi again, Thank you again, Clive. My thanks also go to GG. You said this: Or perhaps you could use such a word/phrase to start an independent sentence, and see if it sounds OK. What I am troubled by is the use of word 'independent'. I feel if left alone 'I flunked the test...

Re: conjunctive adverb

Thank you again, Clive. My thanks also go to GG. You said this: Or perhaps you could use such a word/phrase to start an independent sentence, and see if it sounds OK. What I am troubled by is the use of word 'independent'. I feel if left alone 'I flunked the test before' would...

Clauses/functions/type of sentence

Descartes said,' I think, therefore I am.' ( www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/comma.htm.) Hello Teacher/Teachers, 1. What are the clauses and functions of the quotation,' I think, therefore I am.' ? 2. What type is the sentence,' I think, therefore I am.' ? Thank...

Re: as

Hi N2g, I'm probably too pooped to make any sense. After you confirmed that this was not a "stand-alone" exercise sentence, but an excerpt from a news article, I began thinking in terms of "previous context," specifically that it had already been extablished that food...

Re: Is this sentence correct? Please help!

It's correct. It would read better with a comma after "houses," since "that sit next to each other" doesn't really tell which houses, but simply gives additional information about them. The sentence would work without the final relative clause, but it helps explain...

Re: just because... doesn't mean

No comma. That would be a comma between subject and verb -- at least by my interpretation. You can use the comma and add it, or reverse the order of the clauses, also adding it:It doesn't mean I don't know how to use a taser just because I'm a doctor.But the original order, without...

Re: conjunctive adverb with comma and semicolon

Hi, I think you said the following do not need a conjunction because a semicolon establishes the connection. She loved him with all her heart; she never told him. sounds OK I took out the garbage; it was smelly. sounds stupid. Can I write like these for those two examples of yours? Yes. She...

Re: conjunctive adverb with comma and semicolon

Thank you, Clive. I think you said the following do not need a conjunction because a semicolon establishes the connection. She loved him with all her heart; she never told him. sounds OK I took out the garbage; it was smelly. sounds stupid. Can I write like these for those two examples of...