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Memos show Clinton turmoil Question: I would have written ''Clinton's turmoil''. Why didn't the author use apostrophe? BY CRAIG GORDON AND TOM BRUNE | <email addresses removed by mod.> August 13, 2008 Question: Why is semicolon used instead of comma to separate...

Anonymous wrote: Hi, I usually edit some of the stuff my coworkers write around here, I believe I have good knowledge of what I'm doing but now I doubt it because of a document I'm reading right now... This is how it reads (in many paragraphs): "It is recommended that the agency...

Hi, everyone! Happy New Year! But I'm trying to be happy. I'm pulled into a debate over "the very English standard" in a Chinese translation forum. A "sensible" lad who crammed in China's New Oriental Language School asserts that many usages, including those in nytimes.com, economist.com,...

I need to translate an excerpt from a text into my own language. This is the text starting from the " There is no..". The biggest problem is in the last paragraph starting from the " but had eggs (..". I presume that the expression in brackets isn't intented to interpret literally, nor the...

Joannis Garcia English 50 Professor Anguiano Paper # 1 Final Draft 6 October 2004 Leaving Peru Most people leave their countries for many economic reasons, political problems, religious persecution, or sometimes just to fulfill a personal dream in their lives. Since I was a child, I knew...

Never use "will" in the clause where you use "while/when/before/after/by the time/as soon as/if/unless". 1. "Never" is a strong word! 2. Since 'if' and 'unless' do not introduce time clauses, we can't conclude that only time clauses are included in the "rule" - only that the "rule"...