Is as well as considered a parenthical phrase? Should it be set off with commas? Thanks! My non-linguistic view thinks not. I may be wrong but one of the "as well as" usages has a prepositional property which is typically

Good evening, Chris, these are thought-provoking questions you have asked, and here is my opinion backed up by data from authoritative sources. 1. The possibility of tell filling the slot of talk in the example sentence seems questionable at

Context will tell. The imperative is uncommon in the US, but I surely agree with MrM's definition. We'd more likely use it as part of another phrase, in which " 'round the corner" stands for "around the corner."

When you ask a question in English, normally you put the question up front, not at the end in a preposition. Say something like, "Why are visas more expensive here?" Also, "So" at the beginning is not all that good idea. At the

Hi. Please help me with these. For no. 3, let us assume that the X's and slashes in "XX/XX/XXXX" is for a date that includes its day, month and year. And, do you think my way of thinking for either putting or not putting the

1. The question has been answered a few times already , but has not been answered. Okay to omit the subject in the sentences like the above (omitting the subject in the second clause), right? A comma before but is necessary even when the

Hi. I could be mistaken but I think I have heard people say that short adverbial phrases when they come in front of a clause or are located somewhere appropriate within a sentence, a comma could, might as well, not be used. I think the example

semicolons are commonly usedf in "not only" statements, indicating connection of ideas without unnecessary prepositions or conjunctions. Can you give an example of what you mean by this?

Jaleel.nt, in the first instance, we deal with a phenomenon that is conventionally known as a passive gerund ; the whole clause with being... can be substituted with a noun phrase, eg, ...this award . Therefore, we refer to being... as a nominal

Could the reason for placing a comma before the part underlined be correct if it were that we could think the part underlined is modifying (?) the word "rails" instead of what it should modify, which is the word "vehicle"?-- No; that modification