By Colons, Constructions

1. I don't know that this is anything to do with metonymy, but, yes, "the one" = "his life" and "the other" = "his money". 2. Yes, it's an incomplete sentence, but clauses separated by semicolons don't have to be complete sentences. A good deal...

Hi i have an essay to write on Louis Macneice's - Sunday Morning. I was wondering if anybody could help me analyse it as i have a very hard time reading and understanding poetry. Any help would be amazing - meaning, use of enjambment, causuras, repetition, aliteration, assonance, etc. Thanks...

However, the boss doesn't get a free pass. The original construction is a comma splice: two independent clauses joined by a comma. You need to use either a period or a semi-colon between them.

"The Change of the Characteristics in the passage from The Hours" The passage from the novel The Hours by Michael Cunningham is intriguing. The passage illustrates the difference between the character's characteristics in different time settings: past and present. This difference is...

Yes, small letters and commas. When individual items of a list include commas, then you can separate them with semicolons. However, you are not creating a legal document, so there is really no reason at all to spell out the cheque amounts. It is confusing overkill, in my estimation. This...

Analyse the formality of the article in SCMP It is indispensable for us to use an appropriate style when writing. There is no doubt that formal style should be practiced for newspaper as objectivity and impersonality are important. South China Morning Post is one of the most prevalent...

JaCKo__007 wrote: A coma question! I've found that American based writers use commas after 'i.e.', but what of it in British English and does it then apply to eg. as well? Does a comma go after i.e. or e.g.? Both abbreviations i.e. and e.g. are preceded by a mark of punctuation, usually a...

I believe that the ghost that has appeared before me truly is my father’s spirit, and that everything it has said is true. The ghost did not flee before Horatio’s “cross,” rule over my people justly; just as my father did, and just as he expects me to do. Looks pretty good to me. You have a...

Regarding the subject of direct or indirect questions, I have seen on numerous occasions a construction where a direct question ending with a "?" follows a colon. Surely (I'm thinking) that would be an indirect question, so shouldn't end with a question mark, for example: "Throughout...

The problem isn't with the semi-colons. It's that odd construction with the Amy and the pronoun I. Is the speaker supposed to be Amy Potter?