In Exclamation marks^x, Grammar^x

Hi, Boy, is it hot today! IS IT OK? SHOULDN'T IT RATHER BE: Boy, it is hot today! It's OK. It's just a way of using word order to add emphasis. In terms of grammar, one could argue that it is a rhetorical question (ie a question for which no real answer is expected), and that there...

I believe that the ghost that has appeared before me truly is my father’s spirit, and that everything it has said is true. The ghost did not flee before Horatio’s “cross,” rule over my people justly; just as my father did, and just as he expects me to do. Looks pretty good to me. You have...

I have to disagree with matthewg - both of those examples look terrible, and both actually rely on the capitalization of 'Recent' to indicate a new sentence. My eye actually sees a period after 'evironment' and before the parenthesis (environment.) as indicating an abbreviation! People usually...

Westlake wrote: Hey Francesca, 'dawg' is a internet slang and it means 'friend' Thanks Grammar Geek wrote: My second-most-hated thing is "Hi!!" Why is it necessary to use so many exclamation marks? (See, I'm a curmudgeon!) I just hate too many exclamation marks too! If you want...

I don't really know where to post this. It's not a grammar question nether a vocabulary in my opinion.. Well, should we use a capital letter after a question mark or an exclamation mark? This question came to my mind in a sudden when I was writing a post... ...I know, I know..it's a stupid...

Hi Huxley, Welcome to the forum. Yes, you are correct. Question marks (?) and exclamation marks (!) always show that the sentence (not clause) has ended, in the same way as a full stop. Therefore, you need to start the next word, which is the first word of a new sentence, with a capital...

Easy! Just write something and post it here. Someone will help you correct it. For example: "Hello, everyone. My name is Ann. I've just graduated from university and am hunting for a job now. Someone said that my oral English is quite good, but my written English is vefy poor. I dont know how...

From "A Grammar of Contemporary English", by R. Quirk et al. Both question and exclamation mark exclude the use of other separation punctuation and have the value of a period inasmuch as what follows begins with the capitalisation of a new sentence. But when they co-ocur with the end of...

Hello! I'm a French student and I have to write an essay in English. It is about translation (from English to French) and I have difficulties finding websites about the way you type punctuation in English. I know it is different from the way we type in French, but I can't find any explanations...

The correct spelling of "grammer" is "grammar". "Nazi's", if you mean the plural of Nazi, should be "Nazis" without the apostrophe. The "s" is part of the word. "Grammar Nazis" appears to be a vocative, so I would add a comma after it. Finally, since the exclamation mark functions as full...