Prince John: Perhaps you'd want to know me better, still? Shouldn't still be put before want ? I don't exactly understand the purpose of the word "still" here. If there was no comma then "better

I know the rules in Chicago Manual, etc. for using hyphens with prefixes (generally it's not done, except for certain circumstances). However, there is a context I have not seen addressed anywhere. When you have a compound term like

2. Can I speak with…? (May I speak with…) - To sound more polite/ask permission?-- Both OK. 'Can' is more casual but just as common. - "May" is encouraged especially when looking for customers or requesting something as

Edit. I meant to explain that with the second comma, "first" would serve as object of the verb, and be used as a noun. In your version five, both "first" and "experimental" are adjectives. But it's just too

They may easily be made into sentences by inserting "is" after the title, or by removing the exclamation points at the end and adding ", stinks!" I couldn't understand what you were saying. Please clarify. The problem is

Hi sig, thanks for joining us. Welcome to English Forums ! I don't really think we're expecting either, until we've discovered that the "which" clause will be "defining." At that point, we take the closer noun as

Hi Eff, Some do, some don't.. 1) From time to time, the palace is a venue for performances by costumed actors. (OR: COSTUMED ACTORS PERFORMANCES??) That's fine as it is. If you were to use 'costumed actors performances', you

CB: I disagree. There is a usage note in the American Heritage dictionary that describes the one word form "whatever" as appropriate in this context: Usage Note: Both whatever and what ever may be used in sentences such as Whatever (or

The above is a correct memo style, but what you are writing is a cover letter. I would recommend using a letter-style format: Mr John Jones, Director of Employment (use correct job title) Point of order here, Coop. In AmE business letter usage,

Dear Marius, But there may be a way to give sense to the commas. For instance, you could take them as separating ... what are we doing with "change" then? Why not "chang'd?" Kind of mixing nouns and verbs in a list ...