Re: motivation letter, please check it

Anonymous — Thu, 24 Nov 2005 13:39:16 GMT

(I forgot to log in again, sorry-- MM)

Thank you, Yohanna, but you didn't find all of the spelling mistakes.

Colon, not exclamation mark, after Madam
from August, not form August
Always two spaces after the period at the end of a sentence
the capital, not a capital
Faculty of Social Sciences and Economics
Delete this sentence: It is a very famous and acknowledged school in the country.
I am studying, not I learn
life are not life is
a member, not the member
it is very hard, not it is a very hard
comma after programs
the welcoming of first-year students, not celebrate of first-years-students
schools' websites, not schools website
delete this: all kinds of
which made me curious about, not that made me curious of
very curious, not so curious
education system (no hyphen)
very interested, not so intrested
come and study, not go and study
English
opportunity, not possibility
for my educational fee, not to my educational fee

Re: Correct Punctuation within Parentheses

Sly_Polyglot — Tue, 21 Sep 2004 05:46:46 GMT

Hey Folks,

I thank you both for opening up the question to a much wider scope. While I'm still split on the issue of how to punctuate the end of a parenthetical phrase when using a question mark or an exclamation point, I do know for a fact that when it comes to a period it most certainly goes outside the closing parenthesis. This is a rule that most style guides specify. I'm just surprised that more people don't feel the need to ask a question or express surprise at the end of a parenthetical remark! It can't be *that* rare, could it?

Anyhow, I believe at this stage it's really anyone's game. I just thought that perhaps there was some rule out there that I had overlooked, but that's apparently not the case. Perhaps we can borrow punctuation rules from quotation marks, that is to say, one should never double punctuate a closing quote (exclamation marks and question marks override periods). This rule can also be found commonly in style guides--I just wanted to see the same rule for parentheses.

Thank you both again, and see you again soon! (I hope I'll be able to log in using my ID next time.)

Yours,
Mark

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