But I do wonder if this follows the idea that a semicolon can take the place of a comma if a comma has already been used in the sentence. I'm not familiar with this rule. It seems to me much too mechanical to be a useful way to think about

There is nothing wrong with what your boss is doing - he is just following the style he knows. You should stop resisting and just do it. If I were in his position, I wouldn't question whether you knew what you were going in terms of

"exchange" is a general word for a place (physical or online) that matches buyers and sellers and facilitates transactions between them, so it seems appropriate here. General point : don't use CAPITAL LETTERS for emphasis;

Dear teachers, Until recently I had a job answering simple questions, but have lost it due to my poor spelling and grammar. Below are the answers concerned along with my bosses comments on the errors. I would like to know if all of my boss'

Harry Sampson wrote on 04 May 2004: Yes, this is formally correct and recommended(1). However, the "also" ... regardless of whether one pauses in speech. Sometimes it isn't. CyberCypher, I am not sure if you had a reference to (1),

"Harry Sampson" (Email Removed) wrote on 06 Apr 2004: For ease of reference, I will include the two options again. **Original** An implication of the differences between oil and ... to get the correct answer. But more importantly, I want

The first link, to the webster.commnet.edu site, calls "whereas" a "common subordinating conjunction" in its Common Subordinating Conjunctions table. Placing ... a comma, not a semi-colon. The second link, to the www.gsu.edu

(What the heck...) This grammar study is from 'The Bedford Handbook' (BH), fifth edition, by Diana Hacker, cr 1998. Exercises and notes are ... We gathered our essentials, took off for the great outdoors, and ignored the fact that it was

That or flog it in your dirty rag Another line stolen from the original MeMe and MeMe II (Mr. C*.) That's a dirty lie! I have *never* referred to any of the Maledicta publications (see: http://www.sonic.net/maledicta/ ) as either dirty or