In Commas^x, Dialects^x

Hello SeanIn British English, which is my dialect, there's no requirement to use the comma and period in a salutation. You can style a letter as follows, if you wish:Dear TonyPlease return both copies of the contract by first thing tomorrow, signed and dated, as agreed during our discussions...

A quick note: I believe the question should have a 'the' before 'eucalyptus leaves'. Choice (A) is incorrect. Choice (D) is correct, if there is a 'the' before 'eucalyptus leaves' or a comma after 'eucalyptus leaves'. Also, Koalas don't eat just any Eucalyptus leaves. There are over 600...

1. A koala gets enough moisture from eucalypt leaves that it lives. — Possible, with the meaning "gets moisture in sufficient quantities from eucalypt leaves to live"; see this google for other examples: "gets enough * that it" I think it may be non-standard in some dialects, though; I would...

'But don't dictionaries serve as a prescriptive tool according to this--to explicitly state the general usage ("rules")?' As I said earlier, what a native speaker looks more on is the meaning (which, if broadly defined, can be regarded as a 'rule'. After all, language as a whole can be...

I think it's quite amusing that some of you proceed to criticize other people's syntax and grammar when you yourselves cannot even write correctly. I am from Tennessee, an area not largely known for proper English dialect, but I can still tell all of you that you are constantly using comma...