Dear friend, 1. We got a good look at the most extraordinary thing about the animal. Its foreclaws were nearly as long as my fingers. - correct; two independent clauses. We got a good look at the most extraordinary thing about

Hi, 1.They say, 'come sunshine or high water, the post will get delivered' More accurately, this is the common saying. Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their

1.They say, 'come sunshine or high water, the post will get delivered' is the first clause grammatically correct, if so what is it? a phrasal adverb? and what does it describe? if i were to change the 2nd clause to active voice: come

True, Anonymous! Pluralized acronyms should not use apostrophes. As an experienced English Tutor/Mentor, apostrophes are used in possession of & in contractions (i.e., Jane's cat won't eat fish.) To place an apostrophe after an acronym or

1. Which punctuation mark should we use when we have two independent clauses that have (show) a relationship between them? Would a colon be correct?-- No. A semicolon or a full stop. (I presume that you are speaking of two clauses with no

Hi. Would you please answer these two questions that pertain to the issue of connecting what looks to be two clauses? 1. Which punctuation mark should we use when we have two independent clauses that have (show) a relationship between them?

The King James Bible translation of the second commandment reads: A. Exo 20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the

Hello, a friend of mine had to write a letter of apology for his course in Business English. He wrote the following letter of apology. The teacher crossed nearly all of his words out. Is the letter grammatically an absolutely nonsense or

I frequently struggle with a certain type of sentences where I believe a colon would fit nicely but it is not, technically, allowed, as far as I know. Consider these sentences. "I observed the following: his car is red." -- is a colon ok

I frequently struggle with a certain type of sentences where I believe a colon would fit nicely but it is not, technically, allowed, as far as I know. Consider these sentences. "I observed the following: his car is red." -- is a colon ok