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This is my first post but I wanted to start with part of my story I am going to start from the beginning of my novel and I just would like someone to point out how good it is and what I need to work on Do you think that it sounds good enough to finish and be published Thanks for all of your help...

Hi I have trouble with the following sentence Everyone was so busy there was just time for Hi Bye and no What s up dude Do we treat the following Hi Bye What s up dude as phrases or pieces of dialogue How about phrases of dialogue Should a full stop follow What s up dude i e Everyone was so busy...

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 quote user Ditch 1 I understand that there is no rule against starting a sentence with a conjunction but I am a little...

1 I understand that there is no rule against starting a sentence with a conjunction but I am a little unclear on when it is best to do so Which is of the following is correct and why A I wanted to see the movie but I didn t have any money but it was okay because my friend paid for my ticket B I...

quote user Tanit From M Swan 2005 Practical English Usage 3rd edition OUP para 370 5 Two negative ideas not or not nor quoteuser Swan When not refers to two or more verbs nouns adjectives etc we usually join them with or However we can use not after a pause to separate and emphasise a second...

Hi Avangi I m really glad you commented on my sentence I look up to natives and you are a native if I m not mistaken because they feel whether a sentence reads fine without having to double check any grammar books However as I said I m not a native so let me quote one of my books From M Swan 2005...

However is a conjunction and an adverb Although is a conjunction Since although functions as a conjunction connecting the adverbial clause with the main one however has no place in the sentence Like the abacus is a nonrestrictive nonessential element in the sentence it must be set off by commas...

Hi And then he must figure out how to finesse it past the majority of his self serving mutually negative deliberately obtuse peers who can always be expected to prefer their former viewpoints no matter how weak inadequate or paradox ridden they may have been Yes it s correct although obiously it...

Hi again In a paper Annas argued that modern moral skepticism is essentially local Then Bett wrote another paper in which he challenged this interpretation he entitled it Is Modern Moral Skepticism Essentially Local Finally I wrote a paper against Bett This is why I first entitled it Is Modern...

Hi MrP how are you doing Thanks for your last corrections of my paper which I sent some days ago I m finishing another paper and I have quite a few doubts There are a couple of long paragraphs Hope this is not a problem 1 Bett as well as Annas uses the term modern to designate what I refer to as...