By Negatives, Commas

Re: Please check for me this discursive essay !

Hello redneon,Highlights show potential problems. Remember to leave a space after a period or comma. English-speaking country, with a hyphen. You need some articles here and there. Topic: Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of studying English in an English-speaking country Bilions of...

Re: Tag Questions

Yen, you're colleague should take longer lunch breaks. First, don't remove the comma. It does affectn't the tag aspect at all, but it's generally accepted to put a comma before the conjunction when you have two independent clauses. Even if you omit it, there's no resulting...

Re: Tag Questions

No difference - and don't leave out the comma either! Tag questions are easy. These rules will help you out:Positive - negative:You saw him, didn't you?He can swim, can't he? Negative - positive:You didn't see him, did you? You can't swim, can you?Let's - shall...

Re: not / neither / nor

Hi Tanit, sorry for the delay. I haven't been blessed by an inspiration. It looks like Swan is speaking of the deliberate, intentional use of not/nor to emphasize the second noun. I agree that when using "or" the first noun strongly predominates and the second simply trails in...

Re: not / neither / nor

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...

Re: this is my first Gre issue ,please help me to correct it

Hello Ipkqi, and welcome to English forums. I have deleted unnecessary verbiage and underlined other problem areas:When it comes to talk about cooperation, most people seem to tend to choose partners who have the same views with them. Because they think disagreement can cause stress and...

(Unknown 22884)OHHH I FINALLY CAN POST!!!

"The Change of the Characteristics in the passage from The Hours" The passage from the novel The Hours by Michael Cunningham is intriguing. The passage illustrates the difference between the character's characteristics in different time settings: past and present. This difference is...

Re: Me vs. My Teacher

I'm more surprised that she didn't object to especially special! It's common to but a comma before a conjunction that joins two independent clauses. In the negative, the comma makes a semantic difference. I think it's good style to include it. I don't know why she objected to "there were no...

the normal regular people sleep at night

I know that normal and regular are basically the same, if I was going to fix it would I use a comma or just eliminate one of the words? What is this called? I tried searching, "multiple adjectives" and other things "double negative", etc. but I can't figure out what this is called.. Thanks in...

english character

hi everybody, I've just started to study English as my second subject and now we have to hand in a summary of 12 pages of texts. The texts are all about features of the English character. Could anybody tell me what they think about my summary or what I could change? Even if most characteristics...