By Hyphens, Quotation marks

Hi,Please take a look at this.... involved with modern, western "come every two hours and sit in the room."I am pretty sure you can treat "come every two hours and sit in the room" like an uncountable noun.Can I make it a countable noun like this?Everyday, a "come every...

Hi,I think I have seen more than enough cases where what people call a verbal noun has the indefinite article 'a' in front of it and at the very least, the sheer number (should it be - sheer numbrs??) of it warrants some good explanations from experts in this forum. I think I can laid out...

Thank you, Mr.M. Why did you choose to attach an 's' to both of them? I think the logic is that an apostrophe is used when there is a danger of confusion,as in '4's'. I think quotation marks are not necessary since normally you use either a pair of quotation marks or a...

Hi, I think Mr. M once told me (or us) something to the effect that when you have to put a hyphenated word in the quotation marks, one mark is enough. I think what he meant is you can either choose the hyphen or quotation marks. Can we use both or should we always use just one? Adverbs as a...

Yes, Mr. M. It helps a lot. It kind of engendered some inquiries, though. 1. In your interview in the English-test.net website, you said: From there, it didn't take much thought to realize that I could eliminate the middle man and start my own school, lucrative enough to make Japan a good...

Generally, you don't put it in quotation marks at all. Use the hyphens as you have in your second example. Only use quotes if you are using it in an unexpected way.

Hi, I have two phrases below and wish you would answer some questions. 1. uses as a "getting to know each other" game/activity How do we know when do hypenate the phrase in quotation marks or just write them out as a person has done obviously above? The purpose of hyphens would be to show...

Hi, I was looking at the grammar book named "Painless Grammar" by Rebecca Elliot, PhD," and in it, it had these sentences. I wish for your answers to my questions. 1. My mom loves to use the saying "every dog has its day." 2. It is a common "goof goof" to overuse quotation marks in an attempt...

Nona The Brit wrote: They are quite long with complex structures, so they are only suitable for a formal context. Thank you, Nona. These are two paragraphs for a PG essay I'm writing, so I think a formal register is appropriate. Mister Micawber wrote:3-- the South Korean GDPno comma after...

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