Search results for 'tag:Commas tag:Possessives' matching tags 'Commas' and 'Possessives'

Re: Grammar Doubts?

Clive — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:37:41 GMT

Hi,

(1) John and Paul were the obvious stars and spokespeople of the group. George and the band confined himself to a background role, quiet, reserved, somewhat mysterious.

Should it be themselves? Please advise.Yes

(2) The inferiority Harrison felt as a songwriter resulted in strained band relationships, especially between he and McCartney. Others point out that the tension also existed between he and John as well. George felt neither took him very seriously as a songwriter; and he really resented being pushed around by Paul in the studio. In fact, that friendships grew so strained that in early 1969, Harrison actually quit the group.

Should it be him? Yes Does felt neither sound odd? No. 'Neither ' refers to Paul and John Should it be friendship? Yes Please clarify.

(3) George Harrison began playing guitar in the late 1950s and earliest 1960s in the style of Chet Atkins and Chuck Berry, playing his big Gretsch Country Gentleman.

Should it be early? Yes

(4) His Gretsch infused colors of country, rockabilly, and even jazz chord voicings into the work traditional and pop/rock compositions of his colleagues.

Any preposition missing in work traditional? I can't see the meaning here.

(5) Of all the Beatlesâ Harrison had his ear to the ground the most, and he absorbed the various styles that were happening in musicâs most explosive decade.

Should it be Beatles without possessive? yes, and followed by a comma

(6) Georgeâs was finished in sunburst with a B7 Bigsby tremolo and was his main guitar for the last tour and also showed up on Sgt. Pepper.

Should it be George was finished? No. It refers to George's guitar.

(7) But on the day before he was set to leave England with the band, tragedy struck. While working in a sheet metal factory, Iommi lost the tips of the middle and ring finger of his right hand in an industrial accident. He was only 17 when it happened.

"sheet metal factory and industrial accident" is it redundancy? Or, the complete sentence lacks sense? Please rephrase.It's all fine. He worked in a factory and he lost some fingers in an accident. I suppose you could elimintate 'industrial', but 'industrial accident' is quite a common phrase.

(8) The turn of the new millennium has brought a resurgent interest in virtuoso guitar work and this groundswell continues to build so you can continue to look to Shrapnel to be at the forefront of a whole new generation of guitar excellence.

Should it be so? It's fine. I'd put a comma in front of it.

(9) He rarely partied, never didnât any drugs, and spent more time learning the craft of the guitar than anything else in his life.

Is the usage never didn't ok?No. 'Never did'

(10) It was also during this time that Randy petitioned Grover Jackson to build another flying V built, this time with a more distinctive design.

Can built be deleted? Yes, it should be

(11) At the center of Santana sound remained Carlosâ guitar, lyrical, sweet, flowing, even at this early age.

Should it be Santana's? Yes

(12) But his work on Appetite was astonishing. As a lead guitarist, he knew the value of a great rhythm player like Izzy Stradlin, ad they both collaborated can enhance how his own lead playing sounds.

Please check ad usage here? Provide suitable word?and

(13) Most all of his live guitars are equipped with Seymour Duncan Alnico II pro humbuckers.

Can it be Most of his? Deleteall? 'Most all of ' is a colloquial way of emphasizing 'most of'.

(14) Jonesâ had the kind of grasp on American blues that Richards and Jagger had set their own sites on; his slide soloing mesmerized Richards and they were drawn to Jonesâ outstanding work.

Should it be Jones? No possessive? Yes, just Jones.

It seems to me that your instincts about what is right and wrong are very good. In future, I suggest you just post those things that you are really, really uncertain of.

Trust your own judgement!

Best wishes, Clive

Re: Use of possessive comma.

Anonymous — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:18:35 GMT

"Beckers' Auto Glass LLC" would be correct. When the noun ends with an "s", the possessive mark comes after the "s". There are two or three bizarre exceptions to that rule but it doesn't apply to you.

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?

possessive

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:51:37 GMT

Is it OK to form a possessive like this?

We need to have this year's winner's biography on our bulleton board so everyone can see it.

Is no comma before 'so' correct?

I think we could write it as:

We need to have the biography of this year's winner on our bulleton board so everyone can see it.

Re: Commas

RayH — Tue, 20 May 2008 19:41:28 GMT

As I understand it the choice belongs to Adam therefore you need the possessive "Adam's choice".

Edit:
I believe you mean apostrophe not comma.

Re: which vs of which

Cool Breeze — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:33:33 GMT

Hi N2G

I'll butt in if I may. 1. He'd only left her a note on the bedside table of which she had not understood the content. There is a noun in the relative clause and that explains of in this case. I would reword the sentence: He'd only left her a note the content of which she had not understood on the bedside table. Since which has no possessive form, the of-genitive must be used unless we say: whose content.

New2grammar
Does it mean everytime two sentences are combined, an additional preposition will appear? If not, we're back to square one.Wrong conclusion.

This morning, I was awakened by a little girl knocking at the door ~~[of]~~ whom I'd never seen in my life. She told me she was my daughter while my wife was standing next to me. No need for a possessive form in this relative clause.

A dog came running toward me with a toy in its mouth, ~~[of]~~ which it had my name on it. Bad sentence, wrong comma usage. Better: A dog came running toward me. It had a toy with my name on it in its mouth.

If [of] required?

Re: Ending a grammar argument

MrPedantic — Mon, 12 May 2008 21:51:42 GMT

Hello Branwen319, welcome to English Forums! (Are there really 318 other Branwens here?)

No comma is needed; "your" is a possessive pronoun, and "no" is an indefinite determiner (i.e. they're not adjectives).

Two or more qualitative adjectives may be separated by a comma, e.g. "a long, thin piece of wood"; but if we use "my" instead of "a", it does not need to be followed by a comma, any more than "a" does (thus "my long, thin piece of wood", if for some reason we need to specify such a thing).

The trick is to treat the comma as a pause. Does your boyfriend pause after "your", when he says "your normal routine"? I doubt it. Better to save all those commas and cut down on toner.

Good luck!

MrP

Re: Ending a grammar argument

Clive — Mon, 12 May 2008 21:34:01 GMT

Hi,

I have been arguing with my boyfriend about his overuse of commas. He thinks he uses them appropriately. Hopefully this will end our argument. Are the following sentences gramatically correct? Why or why not?

Have you ever tried to just get along with some one with no, common interests, just a desire to talk and coexist? Don't use a comma after 'no', because 'no common' foms a single adjectival phrase.

One day, while going about your, normal routine and minding your own business, one of your friends says, "Hey dude, look in that building over there." Don't use a comma after a possessive adjective like 'your'.

Best wishes, Clive

Re: Possessive case question

Mister Micawber — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 00:23:38 GMT

My good, old, bad-tempered friend Jack's house is on the market

There's nothing wrong with this in spoken English-- it seems quite natural to me. The pauses as represented by your commas here would not exist.

Part of speech identification

Eagerlearner — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 20:22:31 GMT

Hello, this is my first post here, I like to know these words
kilometer
centimeter

Are those words noun if they are standing alone ? if it's, what kind of noun it's, proper noun or abstract noun or etc ?

After that, I want to indentify the part of speech of the following sentence by using the stanford parser at http://nlp.stanford.edu:8080/parser/index.jsp
if you input,
convert kilometer to centimeter
it gives convert/VB kilometer/NN to/TO centimeter/VB

if you input,
convert 2 kilometers to centimeter
it gives convert/VB 2/CD kilometers/NNS to/TO centimeter/NN

You can refer to the tagset below, my question is, is the first input grammatically correct ? if it's correct the part of speech given by the program seems to be incorrect because
the centimeter should be noun instead of Verb, or am I wrong ? If you add the "2" as the second input the program gives the correct part of speech tagging,
is it because my first input grammar is incorrect ? Thank you.

Reference
1. CC Coordinating conjunction 25.TO to
2. CD Cardinal number           26.UH Interjection
3. DT Determiner                27.VB Verb, base form
4. EX Existential there     28.VBD Verb, past tense
5. FW Foreign word              29.VBG Verb, gerund/present participle
6. IN Preposition/subord.     30.VBN Verb, past participle
218z     conjunction
7. JJ Adjective                 31.VBP Verb, non-3rd ps. sing. present
8. JJR Adjective, comparative    32.VBZ Verb, 3rd ps. sing. present
9. JJS Adjective, superlative    33.WDT wh-determiner
10.LS List item marker          34.WP wh-pronoun
11.MD Modal                     35.WP Possessive wh-pronoun
12.NN Noun, singular or mass    36.WRB wh-adverb
13.NNS Noun, plural              37. # Pound sign
14.NNP Proper noun, singular     38. $ Dollar sign
15.NNPS Proper noun, plural      39. . Sentence-final punctuation
16.PDT Predeterminer             40. , Comma
17.POS Possessive ending         41. : Colon, semi-colon
18.PRP Personal pronoun          42. ( Left bracket character
19.PP Possessive pronoun        43. ) Right bracket character
20.RB Adverb                    44. " Straight double quote
21.RBR Adverb, comparative       45. ` Left open single quote
22.RBS Adverb, superlative       46. " Left open double quote
23.RP Particle                  47. ' Right close single quote
24.SYM Symbol             48. " Right close double quote