Hi Blue-eyed Smiler, It is a treatment that slows cell destruction," he explained, "but as Jenny knows , there can be unpleasant side effects." Your comma after "explained" is right, and one belongs after

There should be a comma before and after "etc." in midsentence because that word or abbreviation is considered parenthetical, equivalent to "and others," "and so on," "and the like," etc.

Back in the dark ages when I went to school, my English teacher taught us that commas go both before and after "as well as," but I am often corrected by my young colleagues for my abundant use of commas.

Thanks, Avangi.One last question for you. Would it be OK if I had said Tibe had been ruled by spiritual leaders for years. I believe it would be fine. I wonder why when I add an adjectival phrase (may not be the right term, I mean the who part) it

I used to put commas before and after restrictive clause when the following proposition did not expand the restrictive clause but the sentence as a whole only or so do I think.

Looks pretty much OK to me! Just a couple of comments: Today, in such a warm evening glow, different colors streaming in through the open window over the blue wall, I feel much relaxed -- light as fur ... I took out the comma after

Hi, Please tell me if they are punctuated correctly. 1. He is unable to move; thus, it will be hard for him to come to your house today. OK, but I'd prefer a period to a semi-colon. 2. He has hurt himself in a traffic accident. It

"en-rules" = printer's term for what most people call dashes. Yes, you could use commas or parentheses "( )". People tend to use dashes to indicate a longer pause before and after the clause if the sentence is spoken.

Hi, I recently wrote a paper for a class and was told that several of my commas were in error. I offset some prepositional phrases with commas and was told that this is incorrect. I am pretty sure I do this often, but I have never before had a

Hi, I've written a document and the reviewer has indicated that I should have a comma before and after my brackets. For example: "another job (listed in TOAD) which is..." becomes "another job, (listed in TOAD), which is...". Is this