By Pronouns, Commas

To which, in which etc.consist of a preposition and a relative pronoun. The preposition is usually determined by a verb, noun or adjective. In informal style the preposition is often placed at the end of the relative clause. Examples:This is the house in which he lives. This is the house you...

Hi N2GIt has become more and more fashionable to use hyphens in English and therefore some might put a hyphen between much and needed but I don't think that is necessary. I wouldn't object to one, either. Clearly, the relative clause is a non-defining one and thus a comma is needed,...

<<<>>>The abnormality of fan motor for computer no.1, which motor tripped as the operating temperature at 28C, has been vertified by technician.Yes, the sentence sounded bumpy and stiff, aside from grammatical mistakes. Technical report needs to be clear and accurate. That's...

Hi all Both pronouns are possible, as Kooyeen says. The comma has nothing to do with the relative pronoun but is used because such as No Smoking Day in the UK and the Great American Smokeout is set off with commas. No grammatical rule prevents the use of a comma before that if something else...

.(1) So, can we use hyphen in the above sentence as "five-years-old" or is it wrong to use?-- Wrong. 'A three-year-old' is a pronoun. (2) Does the second sentence need any correction or rephrasing? -- In the first sentence, no comma after Spectator. In the second sentence,...

1) I encountered this sentence in Harry Potter: "There was a great road from the motorbike and Harry felt the sidecar give a nasty lurch" Why give can go with felt here? 2) In my SAT preparation, I encounter this problem: "The whopping crane population has increased from...

Hello Branwen319, welcome to English Forums! (Are there really 318 other Branwens here?)No comma is needed; "your" is a possessive pronoun, and "no" is an indefinite determiner (i.e. they're not adjectives). Two or more qualitative adjectives may be separated by a comma,...

Hi, I'm typing a paper for my history class using Microsoft Word, and I found that this sentence is underlined in green and is considered a fragment: In 1972, smallpox immunization ceased in the United States due to the vaccine’s incredible effectiveness in eliminating smallpox. Just add a...

Hi Corinna, Welcome to English Forums. Why don't you register, and then we can recognize you next time. Choices: Sentence Fragments, danglers, comma splices, lacking parallel parts 1. The new drug proved to be highly effective, it has no side effects. I would consider this a comma...

I am new to this site .. I am not sure how this works .. I am having problems with my homework. More so I have problems with English ugg.. Can someone help me please? I have these sentences ... and these choices: Sentence Fragments, danglers, comma splices, lacking parallel parts 1. The new...