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.Since you are listing a procedure which may be repeated at any time (and your reader may well want to try it again after reading it), use #1. I don't think #2 will work anyway; the right side of a colon does not need to agree grammatically with the left side, but it should make sense on its...

I should have edited the post - they are clearly related, but the first three seemed unrelated to each other.I broke them into each line so I could comment one by one. I think the probable date I noted for his visit is one month from the day of writingYou wrote, "If I sleep one more day, I...

Hi,Some time back, I asked a question on conditionals and I think CalifJim said something like there are many tenses in the English language and it is possible to use any combination in the if and main clauses. Only three has names but any combination is possible. How can we check for...

Please answer the following questions. 1. Is this the correct use of a semicolon? I don't think the clause after the semicolon can stand on its own. When did you last hear about it? Some said never; others said not since they left home. 2. Why is it have to be past perfect? Is that because...

Hello, this is my first post here, I like to know these wordskilometercentimeterAre those words noun if they are standing alone ? if it's, what kind of noun it's, proper noun or abstract noun or etc ?After that, I want to indentify the part of speech of the following setence by using the...

Here's my take on the first one. I couldn't see the original. 1. To succeed in today’s high-tech business world, you need highly developed communications skills. - There is one style rule that says not to hyphenate with words that end in -ly. 2. You especially need writing and grammar skills,...

Mister Micawber wrote:I much prefer the first (except it should of course read 'with the'). I suppose the second is possible, but generally the information following a colon is detail rather than an alternative.Hi Mister MicawberI wonder how you should pronounce the word 'read' here. Is it in...