By Colons, Spelling

Hi.When is it appropriate to use a semi-colon ";" mid sentence? When is it appropriate to use anything other than an ellipses "..." in a paragraph, sentence etc? For example would "He had too many.. One too many" OR "He had too many.. One too many" be...

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

Hi, Here is the sentence: "It tasted horrible; but, well, I didn't want to embaress my friend's mother." The semi-colon is not needed. The 'well' makes this an example of informal speech. You have a spelling mistake. Best wishes, Clive

Okay then: Here are my comments. 1. Start with a capital letter. You hae a comma splice- you joined two complete thoughts with a comma. You need either a period or a semicolon (Sorry Clive.) 2. Start with a capital letter. The way it's written, the questions felt unprepared. You need to say...

On the question of semi-colons, Clive will have noticed that my posts are full of them. This is partly because they are still in fashion in Italian and this probably influences me, although I did learn how to use them at school. It would be fine if in English we just substituted the semi-colon...

Ever since its birth, this dog has been with Larry. Now, the dog was malodorous, old, crippled and blind, but Larry was always with it. (The adj. stinky is too colloquial to be employed in written English.) Larry's roommate, John, wanted to get rid of the dog because he was bothered by the...

I'm taking a college course right now, and I'm having a problem with the professor's view towards style in rhetoric. My problem is not the assignment itself--I can understand those to a degree--but the usage of style within paper. Style, however, falls under a few categories; and she is targeting...

Anonymous wrote: What difference does it make? Give your Dear Whoever and move along with what's important and that is the text (body) of your letter. Get to the business of things and leave the picky things for those who want to create their own style of salutations. Well, for the same...

Hi!You use both the British and the American spelling. Be consequent: use either the British one or the American one. I've used the British spelling for my corrections as that is what you used in the first paragraphs Good luck! Judging from your essay, I would say that your chances to be admitted...