I was struggling to breathe. "Breathe" is a verb. I was gasping for breath. "Breath" is a noun. The second sentence is a comma splice. You might use a colon, or a semi-colon instead. As you can see, some will not get your

Hi, First, please note that all are incorrect because they lack capital letters. 'visa,mastercard, and citibank are all acceptable' OK or 'visa,mastercard, and citibank all are acceptable' OK, but less elegant

'visa,mastercard, and citibank are all acceptable' or 'visa,mastercard, and citibank all are acceptable' what if i modify the 2nd sentence as: 'visa,mastercard, and citibank:all are acceptable' can just a list of nouns

Generally, no. However, I'm not sure about American usage; I believe they are a bit more liberal in capitals following a colon. The exceptions are when the word itself requires a capital --- a proper noun, for example --- or when the colon

How do I diagram a list that follows a colon? It is not a clause, as it has no predicate. It is simply two noun phrases joined by "and". Here is the sentence: Only two knots are requires for most fly-fishing situations: a knot for tying

. First, is it appropriate only to use a colon when one is listing words in a sentence. For example, "please bring the following items: socks, shoes, and a tie." Under what other circumstances can one use a colon?-- The colon is fine

Hello, I would be most appreciative if someone can help me with the following questions regarding punctuation, capitalization, and correct word choice. First, is it appropriate only to use a colon when one is listing words in a sentence. For

Hi, I was reading this site which explains relative pronouns and when they can be omitted from a sentence. Here is what the site said: Reducing Relative Clauses If the pronoun ("that", "who", "which") is the object

Hi, Have you first tried looking in your dictionary? eg For 'colony', you could look at all the words that start with colon . There are not very many. Best wishes, Clive

Yes, 'however' is an adverb.  More precisely, it is a 'conjunctive adverb'.  You can use 'however' or 'but' in the example sentence, but 'however' is much more formal.  'But' is more casual.  Note