By Colons, Question marks

1. "cease to be of an issue" is wrong. It should be "cease to be an issue". Presumably a typo. 2. I would only use "too much" directly with uncountable nouns ("too much cheese", "too much effort", etc.). "Burden" is, to me, always a...

Hi, What is the best way to list complete questions in a sentence? Questions that should be read with the upward inflection? For example: The Document's inconsistent application and its selective inclusion of concerns raise troublesome questions: how might people determine which ideas...

What is the best way to list complete questions in a sentence? Questions that should be read with the upward inflection? For example:The Document's inconsistent application and its selective inclusion of concerns raise troublesome questions: how might people determine which ideas should...

Dont put the question mark after him, and dont put it after knight

Futurehuman11 wrote: In the sentence below, I'm not sure if I should use punctuation (e.g. a comma or colon) before the quote. Help! Knight, who was on probation because of previous incidents, was fired in 2000, after 29 years at Indiana, for grabbing the arm of freshman Kent Harvey, who...

A little, yes. Use a colon, perhaps, or even a question mark. Too many exclamation marks can look silly. (I use way too many in my e-mail to friends.)

http://evotalk.net/blog/?p=108 Symbol Description & Ampersand (And) *　 Asterisk @ At sign, at \　 Backslash Close bracket ( Open parenthesis )　 Close parenthesis : Colon , Comma $ Dollar sign – Double dash … Ellipsis...

I find these rules at http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/quotes.asp very helpful. Rule 1 ...

JaCKo__007 wrote:Hi everybody! I'm fresh around here. Was wondering if anyone could help me out with a couple of questions. The first is: say you have a series of questions one after another. What kind of punctuation would you use in between. Would it be simply: Why did you do this? Where is...

In British English, we generally use lower case after a colon, but American speakers often use upper case. Yes, if what follows the colon is a complete sentence, as it is in this case. It's not WRONG to leave it lower case, because it is, as so many things are, a matter of style. I would...