By Commas, Prepositions

Re: Please help me with two grammar points.

Hi, Which of the following sentences are correct? 1) The essay ends abruptly without your description on/of your efforts to achieve your vision. Which preposition is suitable here? Of. 2) There is one or two comma errors in the essay. Should I replace is with are here? Yes. Best...

Please help me with two grammar points.

Please help me choose the right answers.Which of the following sentences are correct? 1) The essay ends abruptly without your description on/of your efforts to achieve your vision.Which preposition is suitable here? 2) There is one or two comma errors in the essay. Should I replace is with are...

Re: Preposition as a noun?

Hi, I was told that something like the one below is an inverted structure, << It seems reasonable to call it that.then what the second one that is underlined? Among the students signed up for the contest are John and Sam. -- Inverted of "John and Sam are among the students signed...

Preposition as a noun?

Hi, I was told that something like the one below is an inverted structure, then what the second one that is underlined? Among the students signed up for the contest are John and Sam. -- Inverted of "John and Sam are among he students signed up." And this supposed to show the...

Re: essential or nonessential

No such thing. Clauses don't begin with prepositions. Prepositional phrases are not clauses, and certainly not relative clauses. Prepositional phrases are not categorized as restrictive and non-restrictive, as relative clauses are. The typical prepositional phrase is not set off by...

essential or nonessential

Is the cause that begins with a preposition (in bold) in the following sentence considered relitive? Sometimes it seems like clauses that begin with prepositions aren't essential but are aren't treated as such because a comma isn't added. She had a fire in her eyes that had not...

Re: Alongside

Yankee wrote: Liveinjapan wrote:Six candidates are sitting on the same side of a long rectangle table, facing the audience.Hi LiJ The change of wording in Sentence 3 would probably lead me to use the preposition 'on' rather than 'at'. In addition, I would prefer a comma after the word 'table'...

Re: Alongside

Liveinjapan wrote:Six candidates are sitting on the same side of a long rectangle table, facing the audience.Hi LiJThe change of wording in Sentence 3 would probably lead me to use the preposition 'on' rather than 'at'. In addition, I would prefer a comma after the word 'table' in Sentence 3. ...

Re: tag question

It seems as though it should or rather could read: He'll be coming with us tomorrow. Won't you? The problem is that it is a comma splice and by the way you is a pronoun, not a preposition.

Re: Uses of "which" and "that".

Akavall wrote:I am not really sure when I should use "which" and "that". Should I use "that" in this sentence? New York is a city that attracts a lot of tourists. And should I use "which" in this sentence? New York is a city, which attracts a lot of tourists, is one of the most expensive...