According to the strict rules, if you have two complete sentences joined by the "and" you use the comma. So, your should NOT have the comma, the second should, the third should not, and the fourth should. In practice, if the two

Hello, Mariott, 1. I hope this will make you happy and will not be forgotten.- correct; no comma before and when the subject of the second clause is ellipted, as shown by the materials in the Survey of English Usage. 2. I hope this will make

Here is my take: Recognizing the immediate danger, he ordered everyone to evacuate the building. - participle phrase usge. Recognize is a transitive verb, but I've used it without an object and as a gerund. Is that acceptable? Or,

It makes me contented to realise that you have made sense of the striking difference between not... but vs and , so this 'one thing' you are referring to is the last on the agenda, and may I be clear about two points. First, the omission

I'm not sure of your meaning. The first statement could be exclamatory, and the second "explanatory." Or it could all be one sentence, with the second clause explaining "how much." According to my AmHtg dictionary, the

should has several uses. I assume you are referring only to the usage of 'advisory' should , which is the only one which is close to had better in meaning. ___________ had better can be used in situations of implied threat, and should is

Do/does/did is not used in questions 1. with forms of to be : Is he happy? Were they swimming? 2. with perfect and past perfect auxiliaries : Have you seen him? Had it already begun? 3. sometimes with have/has/had when the verb is in the

Hi there, I tried looking up the rules for using 'that' in a sentence. I understand it's mainly used to combine two clauses. I don't understand the specific rules though; a lot of sentences look like they'd work fine with

1. The question has been answered a few times already , but has not been answered. Okay to omit the subject in the sentences like the above (omitting the subject in the second clause), right? A comma before but is necessary even when the

Hi. I think generally there are three considerations for us to consider when deciding whether or not to place a comma before a subordinate clause. What do you think about the three considerations below? Are they plausible? 1. not quite