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Re: Semicolon

Grammar Geek — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:51:39 GMT

Hi Cute,

A lot of things don't fit here.

First, "relish" colors doesn't work. The lively colors, perhaps.

You need an article or a possessive before "bed sheets."

A solid object doesn't "blend" with the sun. It can glow in the sunlight, or, if it's shiny, shimmer.

Remove the comma before "like"

"Arousing" is also not the right word.

Why is the beauty hidden?

Re: Could you review this article?

Grammar Geek — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:18:17 GMT

A lot of people get confused about prepositions, so don't worry so much about that.

People is more than one person. Unless you are an anthropologist, don't worry about using "peoples."

You do need to learn how to use the period correctly. It ends a complete sentence. Use a comma to join two complete sentences only if you also use a conjunction. In the little bit that I read, you had several complete sentences simply joined with a comma. That's completely wrong. See this: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_comma.html

Re: how many (there) are

Goodman — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:51:58 GMT

Hi N2G,
This is my spin on the your article...

Derek voiced concerns about the future survival of various species of sharks, which are being captured and for their fins ~~for shark fin soup~~, ~~considered(~~comma),a rare delicacy in Asia and in the United States (in the U.S.? really! I never knew that)

"It's very difficult to know how many ~~there~~ are left in the world," Derek said. "Some studies show that in the past 20 years, the number of sharks were ~~they're~~ down 90 percent. ~~They~~ Sharks reproduce very slowly. I believe ~~I think~~ ~~that~~ unless people ~~just~~ stop killing the sharks for the fins which is a highly sought delicacy for certain cultures, I don't think the species has a chance."

"There" would be incorrect to use.

Re: Could you review this article?

love_bug — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:22:56 GMT

Hi thanks for replying, that article is not the first one I wrote, I used to write lots of english article in my early years, dispite english being my second language. Well I do use lots of commas and less periods. I can not determine how short the pause should be inbtween periods or commas. Also i can not determine the use of "on" and "at" i really get confused, another is "people" meaning gourp of persons, but its singular? and what is "peoples"?

Re: Could you review this article?

Grammar Geek — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:44:31 GMT

Thanks Opti.

love_bug, your flaws with commas are serious grammatical flaws. I'm not sure how you read what I wrote and thought you had no problems.

Re: Could you review this article?

Grammar Geek — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:58:55 GMT

Building page rank is a gradual process, you can not think of getting page rank overnight, it takes lots of patience and dedication, the most common way to build PR (Page rank) is to get a simple text link from another site.

My first observation: You need to use PERIODS (or full stops, as you prefer) and not join sentence after sentence after sentence with commas.

(Also, you need to be more consistent in your capitalization. Either it's Page Rank or it's page rank, but it's not Page rank in the middle of a sentence.)

Re: a good doctor and father

Clive — Sun, 18 May 2008 15:41:15 GMT

Hi,

If I remember correctly, learners are advised to use only one article even though there's multiple roles. Otherwise, it'll give the impression that there are multiple persons when there's actually one person.

For example

Susan, a mother of 3 and loving grandmother, died in a car accident in Ohio last week.

What do you think? The wording of your example makes it likely that it's just one person. eg In such a context, after calling Susan by name, my initial descrition of a third person would not be to comment that she was 'a loving grandmother'. Instead, I'd use her name.

And the comma, which is necessary, makes the meaning clear. eg

Susan, a doctor and a lawyer, died in this car accident. = one person.

Susan, a doctor and a lawyer died in this car accident. = three people.

Best wishes, Clive

Would you please help me?

Anonymous — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:19:17 GMT

Enclosed is an article, âTraditional Small Business Marketing is Dead.â I wanted to share with you this article and hope that you might find the information useful.

Is the above sentence grammatically correct along with the commas used?

Thank you in advance for your help.

Re: sentences 3

Avangi — Fri, 09 May 2008 01:17:58 GMT

1. Yes. I think "the" should be capitalized in "The Continental" (sp). I think, a comma after "weather."

2. Technically, no, but no one will know what you're talking about. We'd probably say, "a long bus trip" or "a long trip by rail." If you wish to complain about the duration rather than the distance, "The trip was interminable," or "The trip seemed to take forever."

3. He'd be called "the driver" or "the limo driver." "I'm the limo driver from The Continental." (So you met Ahmed?) I think "concierge" is European, or used by places that wish to seem European. If he felt like introducing himself, he'd probably say, "I'm Ahmed." (He's a terrible driver.)

Edit. I'm thinking "concierge" takes the definite article, like "the desk clerk," even though in a large hotel there may be more than one.

Re: as

Avangi — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:36:29 GMT

Hi N2g, I'm probably too pooped to make any sense.

After you confirmed that this was not a "stand-alone" exercise sentence, but an excerpt from a news article, I began thinking in terms of "previous context," specifically that it had already been extablished that food prices and shrinking hours were messing with his pocketbook.

So we may now consider looking at the sentence you posted as adding the third item, and then justifying the addition. (Note MrP's use of the comma.) "Since he drives etc." is the reason gas prices may be added as the third significant financial problem the man faces. It also makes it clear that the subordinate clause modifies the entire main clause rather than just the verb.

In my post prior to MrP's first one, I was starting to hedge on my analysis that the final clause modifies only the verb. His switching from "while" to "since" and his addition of the comma, makes that approach more valid, in my estimation.

Regards, - A.