By Colons, Pronouns

"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...

Hi, Where you have put semi-colons, I'd usually use commas. I have also suggested some other changes to your punctuation. My general advice is not to get into the habit of using semi-colons and colons. They can often make tyour meaning more obscure rather than more clear. You seem to have a...

Hello, this is my first post here, I like to know these wordskilometercentimeterAre those words noun if they are standing alone ? if it's, what kind of noun it's, proper noun or abstract noun or etc ?After that, I want to indentify the part of speech of the following sentence by using the...

Cherrypie10 wrote:I can’t think of a better site name before so I’ve decided to name it after the two of my favorite dogs. Cherry and Pie are two of our family dogs, they're the oldest so they're the one whom I love the most.Is that correct? A semicolon keeps it from being a "run-on"...

Question 1Although the question has already been answered, I should like to comment on why arise is the correct choice. The subject of the clause should any difference arise is difference, which is singular and third person. One of the fundamental principles of English grammar is that the subject...

Hanuman_2000 wrote: Hello,I was reading an article on conjuction. It says that a conjuction is a word which merely joins words or sentences. It further says that relative pronouns and relative adverbs are also conjuctions but they do the other works also. My doubts are: 1. Are relative...

Hi, I'd just like to add my usual recommendation that semi-colons should be used very seldom. A sentence like this seems to me rather trite for the use of one. If you make two sentences, the pronoun 'it' seems to tie the second one to the first one adequately. Best wishes, Clive

The other day I read the following, 'let her rip!' where 'her' replaced 'car'. also, i read: 'The dog broke his leg.' ships are referred to as 'she'. My question is, is it correct to refer to objects and animals as 'he' or 'she'? Could you please elaborate on this matter - It is a grey area...

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?

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/runons.htm Run-on sentences happen typically under the following circumstances*: When an independent clause gives an order or directive based on what was said in the prior independent clause: This next chapter has a lot of difficult information in it,...