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Re: a pizza competition

Mister Micawber — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:46:25 GMT

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My question mark meant that I was not sure your numbers were ages, Vincent. This is one simple way:

The contestants were about 25 to 40 years of age.

Re: 1)How can we call the package that helicopters throw on the land when t

Belly — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 08:57:20 GMT

Mister Micawber wrote:

1) What can we call the package that helicopters throw on the land when there is a catastrophe happens? -- (Emergency) Aid packages? Air drops?

2) About punctuation, should we punctuate before or after the : She told me," I want to go out. " or She told me," I want to go out".) -- Most American punctuation guides place the full stop (or period) invariably inside the quotation mark, while British guides place it inside or out depending on the part to which it is applicable. I think. Or is it the other way around? Anyway, there is contention, sometimes heated

" = quotation mark

, = comma

' = apostrophe

/ = slash or backslash

) = parenthesis (AmE) or bracket (BrE)

# = number sign, pound sign, octothorpe

? = question mark, interrogation point

! = exclamation mark/point

There are probably other names as well.

Do I need two )) here or just one? -- Two, but it would be better to rearrange the sentence to avoid the duplication; it is unattractive.

Hi,

Actually, in sentence one, the thing I want to ask is:

If you can imagine, when inundations come to one province, people of other provinces donates food, drink, money etc (I'm still confused when can we use plural or singular for food and drink here).... and they pack them all in packages which is then sent to the poor province... What can we call that?

Re: 1)How can we call the package that helicopters throw on the land when t

Mister Micawber — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 05:32:38 GMT

1) What can we call the package that helicopters throw on the land when there is a catastrophe happens? -- (Emergency) Aid packages? Air drops?

2) About punctuation, should we punctuate before or after the : She told me," I want to go out. " or She told me," I want to go out".) -- Most American punctuation guides place the full stop (or period) invariably inside the quotation mark, while British guides place it inside or out depending on the part to which it is applicable. I think. Or is it the other way around? Anyway, there is contention, sometimes heated

" = quotation mark

, = comma

' = apostrophe

/ = slash or backslash

) = parenthesis (AmE) or bracket (BrE)

# = number sign, pound sign, octothorpe

? = question mark, interrogation point

! = exclamation mark/point

There are probably other names as well.

Do I need two )) here or just one? -- Two, but it would be better to rearrange the sentence to avoid the duplication; it is unattractive.

Re: Please, take a look at this.

Feebs11 — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:24:07 GMT

Anonymous wrote:
Could you please, check if all the sentences below are correct ?

a) In the end of the week, my friend returned home. At the end of the week...

b) After the visit, my friends told me that my country impressed them most. ok

c) The sport classes take me lots of time! (or:...take lots of my time) ?;

d) Since my arrival in this city, I have been having a big number of experiences. many experiences OR lots of experiences

e) Listen! He has many interesting books to show to everybody. ok

   Finally is it correct to say: She is loving this place~~, here~~. (the idea is that while the person spends some time in a city, she's enjoying it so much, that she's loving it).     It is fine.

   Thanks in advance,

    Samara

You end sentences with a full stop/period >> . unless you are using an exclamation or question mark.

Re: Rheumatic

Doll — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:46:31 GMT

Dear Rotter,

First let me make you an explanation. A clause is a question, statement or command. So, a clause which can stand by itself is called "main clause." In your example, the main clause should be the group of words which ask the question.

Is it correct to say he/she is rheumatic? Here, "Is it correct to say" asks the question. The other thing, I mean, "he/she is rheumatic is a subordinate clause which explains the main clause. To decide whether you should use question mark or not, 1- find the main clause 2- identy the subordinate clause or clause, just to make sure 3- put your question mark.

Here is another example for you: Do you really see me ₁ , even though I am hiding ₂? As you see, number 1 aks the question but number 2 doesn't have such function. Number one is a main clause so you should put a question mark at the end of the sentence.

Why did you leave the room? This is a main clause itself. It asks the question directly.As you see, nothing modifies it.

Re: Please check these sentences

Clive — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 06:56:13 GMT

Hi,

Need further help with these two.

Clive wrote:

The effect has been to increase the number of companies involved in satisfying consumer demand, while reducing management control of daily logistics operations. (Do we need a comma after demand) A comma will change the meaning. With a comma, the following clause realtes to the 'effect'. Without one, it relates to 'companies involved in'.

Please explain the meaning of the sentence in each case.

The effect has been to increase the number of companies involved in satisfying consumer demand, while reducing management control of daily logistics operations.

The effect has been to increase this . . . . while reducing that . . .

The effect has been to increase the number of companies involved in satisfying consumer demand while reducing management control of daily logistics operations.

The effect has been to increase the number of companies. These companies were involved in satisfying consumer demand while reducing management control of daily logistics operations.

Clive wrote:

This is the final and most probably the last chance for you to think that is that what you want. (Do we need a question mark here? No, there is no question in your main sentence. Also is the structure of the sentence is correct) 'Final' seems to make 'last' redundant. 'To think that is that what you want' is ungrammatical and hard to understand. You need to reword it.

Reword: This most probably is the last chance for you to think whether is that/it what you really want. (Is it correct now? No. If not, please give me a good alternative top express it. OK)

This most probably is the last chance for you to think about whether that/it is what you really want.

Best wishes, Clive

Re: Please check these sentences

Grammarian-bot — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 06:32:19 GMT

Need further help with these two.

Clive wrote:
The effect has been to increase the number of companies involved in satisfying consumer demand, while reducing management control of daily logistics operations. (Do we need a comma after demand) A comma will change the meaning. With a comma, the following clause realtes to the 'effect'. Without one, it relates to 'companies involved in'.

Please explain teh meaning of the sentence in each case.

Clive wrote:
This is the final and most probably the last chance for you to think that is that what you want. (Do we need a question mark here? No, there is no question in your main sentence. Also is the structure of the sentence is correct) 'Final' seems to make 'last' redundant. 'To think that is that what you want' is ungrammatical and hard to understand. You need to reword it.

Reword: This most probably is the last chance for you to think whether is that/it what you really want. (Is it correct now? If not, please give me a good alternative top express it.)

GB

Re: Please check these sentences

Clive — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:06:20 GMT

Hi,

These functions are increasingly being outsourced to other corporations that can perform the activities better or more cost-effectively.
The effect has been to increase the number of companies involved in satisfying consumer demand, while reducing management control of daily logistics operations. (Do we need a comma after demand) A comma will change the meaning. With a comma, the following clause realtes to the 'effect'. Without one, it relates to 'companies involved in'.
The purpose of supply chain management is to improve trust and collaboration among supply chain partners, thus improving inventory visibility and inventory velocity. (Do we need a comma after partners) Yes
It is best to have a moderator who will take no oneâs side, a person who is a friend of both of you. (The last pronoun "you" doesn't sound correct) Seems OK to me if you are talking to the two sides.
This is the final and most probably the last chance for you to think that is that what you want. (Do we need a question mark here? No, there is no question in your main sentence. Also is the structure of the sentence is correct) 'Final' seems to make 'last' redundant. 'To think that is that what you want' is ungrammatical and hard to understand. You need to reword it.

Best wishes, Clive

Please check these sentences

Grammarian-bot — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:25:06 GMT

Please check the grammar and punctuation in these sentences.

These functions are increasingly being outsourced to other corporations that/who can perform the activities better or more cost effectively.
The effect has been to increase the number of companies involved in satisfying consumer demand, while reducing management control of daily logistics operations. (Do we need a comma after demand)
The purpose of supply chain management is to improve trust and collaboration among supply chain partners, thus improving inventory visibility and improving inventory velocity. (Do we need a comma after partners)
It is best to have a moderator who will take no oneâs side; a person who is a friend of both of you. (The last pronoun "you" doesn't sound correct)
This is the final and most probably the last chance for you to think that is that what you want. (Do we need a question mark here. Also is the stracture of the sentence is correct)

Re: Correct grammer

Goodman — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 20:10:40 GMT

Milky wrote:

<believe both of them could be correct, granted if the question mark is removed from number 2.>

But that wasn't the topic question, was it?

Milky,

Of course I realized that. I just simply pointed it out. Perhaps, I took the question too far. However the case,

âwhat they are here forâ is not a question by agreement and not correct; thatâs a given.