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Hi Ditch, Welcome to the forums. Yes, in the future, it would be better to ask only one type of question in a thread. If they are related, then of course they can be in the same post.

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...

I can understand what thing is baffling you. In the First Part you would be thinking about the use of that comma. I don't think that the second sentence is incorrect. Sometimes what choice of words/punctuation an author uses in certain expressions is completely at his discretion. So both...

Actually, conjunctions after semicolons are very common. Gregg Reference Manual: Seventh Canadian Edition Rules: 176 a) When a coordinating conjunction (and, but , o, nor and sometimes for, so, or yet) is omitted between t between two independent clauses, use a semicolon--not a...

There are two commas needed in your sentence: The expression , "I am not good at English" , is just as correct as "I am not good in English." The first quote is in apposition-- it is identical to 'the expression'. The second quote is not in apposition-- there is no semantic equal in that clause.

This is a common structure. Grammarians use different terms to describe what and what follows it in the sentence. To my mind, a comma would make the sentence more comprehensible: What you think boring, your friends may find exciting. We could change the order of the clauses and get: Your...

Many thanks, Amy ...but what about my original question? Isn't it a dangling clause? Or the comma is not letting it become dangling? "I really felt for her, bringing up her children alone.

1. Because recent developments have taken place, the nation's future workforce may include an increasing number of older workers. ok 2. Mandatory retirement has become a thing of the past , and the federal government has reduced or completely eliminated earnings restrictions on Social...

Welkins2139 wrote: Inchoateknowledge wrote: " This page cached by Google calls this an adverb appositive: "The man shouted loudly, (which was) even frantically, to calm the crowd". Yes . That is not correct. In my knowledge, there is no such things called adverb appositive. Question:...

Welkins2139 wrote: Inchoateknowledge wrote: " This page cached by Google calls this an adverb appositive: "The man shouted loudly, (which was) even frantically, to calm the crowd". Yes . That is not correct. In my knowledge, there is no such things called adverb appositive. Question:...