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Hello Friends, I need to know, for what reason, a comma was left out of this title: Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels . I was viewing the plot description on the website IMDB, and could not help to wonder why a comma wasn't placed in the title of the movie after the word Stock . I do not...

Hi. When is it appropriate to use a semi-colon ";" mid sentence? When is it appropriate to use anything other than an ellipses "..." in a paragraph, sentence etc? For example would "He had too many.. One too many" OR "He had too many.. One too many" be...

I'd just like to point out that this isn't grammar - this is "style." And different style guides will tell you different things. American: Colons after the salutation in a business letter, comma after the closing. Do NOT indent the paragraphs in a business letter. Save that for...

Hello, In this starting paragraph how should I use commas and colons, or should I? Although Gregory Mantsios’s points are accurate according to statistics, in the story Serving in Florida : author Barbara Bhrenreich has another view…ect. Is that above correct according to the MLA?...

Hi Stephen, Your name Your club title/position Club Name Club address Date Person's name Their title/position Company name Company address Dear Mr. Person: (use a colon) A one or two line paragraph that outlines why you are writing to them. Next a 3-4 sentence...

The (incomplete) Punctuation FAQ Hopefully this will grow in time, as other questions are asked and answered, and other people add to this. Hopefully (!) some kind moderator or adminstrator will mark this thread as sticky. INTRODUCTION In grammar, the rules are forged in a delicate...