By Conversations, Colons

Analyse the formality of the article in SCMP It is indispensable for us to use an appropriate style when writing. There is no doubt that formal style should be practiced for newspaper as objectivity and impersonality are important. South China Morning Post is one of the most prevalent...

1-- I certainly don't think I am reading too much into that simple statement, but I don't get your point. What is it? 'Streams' means 'consecutively many', so....?2-- 'While men's is competitive' is a dependent clause, headed by a subordinate conjunction. That is why it cannot stand alone as a...

Thank you, Mr. M. In your answer you said "the post-colon portion elaborated the number of books on chaos theory" in regard to the following example sentence: We've had streams of books on chaos theory: no fewer that tweleve since 1988. My one possible foible is the fact that I try read the...

Hi, 1. I was looking at the punctuation section of cogs.susx.ac.uk website for its help on semicolons and colons and I have some questions on them. In its "The Semicolon" section, it is noted, "If a suitable connecting word is used, then a joining comma is used, rather than a semicolon: Women's...

Grammar Geek wrote: Hi Tom: Many thanks, GG. Can I change gears in mid-conversation? Why did you use a colon after my name? Is it same as a comma?

Good evening everyone, I have just started to write my first essay since high school. It is very intimidating to me because I do not make it a habit to write very often. I have started the journal, and it seems to help a little. I was wondering if you would please take a look at what I have...

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