In Paragraphs^x, Plurals^x, Clauses^x

The first reason I think the university should offer more distance learning for students is the time issue . >> An issue is not a reason, it is a problem. So I would say. "The most important reason ....... is to save the student's time. " "To save time" is...

Memos show Clinton turmoil Question: I would have written ''Clinton's turmoil''. Why didn't the author use apostrophe? BY CRAIG GORDON AND TOM BRUNE | <email addresses removed by mod.> August 13, 2008 Question: Why is semicolon used instead of comma to separate...

The following is in the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. 4 balance the budget : if a government balances the budget, they make the amount of money that they spend equal to the amount of money available My question is in a phrase "a government balences," "a government" is...

Mister Micawber wrote: Dependent clause, independent clause, separate sentence, separate paragraph-- the pronoun must agree in person, gender and number with the noun to which it refers . This is a simple rule. The only problem that remains is what to use for a third person neutral gender...

http://pinker.wjh.harvard.edu/articles/media/1994_01_24_thenewrepublic.html Probably no "grammatical error" has received as much scorn as "misuse" of pronoun case inside conjunctions (phrases with two parts joined by is an object that requires object case, it does not mean that is an...

Heh... they are all right. It could be 1,2 and 3 or just clause 3. But you said the entire bit, it wouldn't matter because each condition is "stacked" upon each other. If 3 refers to 2 then Clause 3 will actually mean: more platters means more moving parts What you wrote above is not...

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...