Search results for 'tag:Punctuation tag:Prepositions' matching tags 'Punctuation' and 'Prepositions'

Re: Dear Friends,

richard_s — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:26:57 GMT

The aquatics centre will have a total capacity of 22,500, out of which 17,500 seats will be for the diving and pool competition(,) and the other 5,000 will be in the water polo section of the centre.

Notes:

Capitals - only capitalise the first letter of a sentence of names of things (proper nouns).

to seat - it is unusual to use total and to seat together. Â They don't collocate. We either say a total capacity of...Â orÂ a capacity to seat...

Punctuation - the semicolon use is incorrect there. Â You need a comma. Â Out of which actually begins a (dependent) relative clause which is the object of a preposition. Â Use semicolons when you are separating independent clauses.

the rest - the restÂ means all of the other seats. Â We don't use it with a number because it means all that is left. Â We use the otherÂ with a number to achieve the same meaning.

will be put up for - this seems wrong here though I am not exactly sure of your meaning. Â In this case, forÂ seems more logical.

Re: trying to improve

Avangi — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:34:51 GMT

Anonymous
I am just trying to improve my english and dont have any mentor, Can someone please let me know if what i understand or do is right or wrong?

I have some sentences below and i just wanted to know if they are correct - Take care to capitalize the pronoun "I." All sentences need punctuation at the end, eg., a period.

I was abashed by the email sent by my manager   This is correct, but the word is uncommon in everyday speech. "Unabashed" is much more common. Google hits: "abashed" - 653,000   /   "unabashed" - 2,090,000

The aboriginal soundtrack was better than the remix Use "original." "aboriginal" is a very special word, meaning "native," as in the native population of a region. I've never heard it used in everyday speech, other than to refer to the native inhabitants of Australia. I think it may also refer to flora, but I'm not sure. How far back one goes, I have no idea, but I've only heard it used in referring to existing populations.

The class was abridged due to lack of time   Correct, but very uncommon. I'd use "cut short." "Abridged" is commonly used to describe shortened versions of books. Also, "due to" is ungrammatical. Use "because of." The difference is technical. Check Google, "because of vs. due to." If you don't get it, post back. ( "The shortness of the class was due to the lack of time," is correct.)

I abstained myself from participating in the cultural events   You must delete "myself." The verb "to abstain" is intransitive only. (There's no transitive usage.) It does not take an object, even reflexive. You may say "I recused myself," but that has a special meaning. You may say "I withdrew myself from the event," but then you can't use "participating." ("To withdraw" may be either transitive or intransitive.)

I abstained myself from bungee jumping since I am scared of heights  Same objection!

I recieved an acrimonious email from my manager. okay!

The client attacked acrimoniously to the lawyer after he lost the case The verb "to attack" does not take the preposition "to." In this case, the adverb should come either before the verb or after the object   -   I'm not sure why. "The client acrimoniously attacked the lawyer," or "The client attacked the lawyer acrimoniously."

Acids usually have an acrid odor okay!

The washroom had a acrid odor   okay!

Beacuse I understand technology very well I can make acute decisions based on my knowhow This is correct, "acute" meaning "sharp" decisions, but it's uncommon. "Accurate decisions" would be common. "I have an acute pain   -   acute angina" is common. "An acute angle" (less than ninety degrees   -    geometry) is common.   ~~Beacuse~~   Because

Engineers are adept at learning new theories. Okay, but I guess we don't know the same engineers.

Employees should Adhere to the companies policies No cap on "adhere."   Possessive "company's."

The office was adorned on christmas eve  Capitalize "Christmas."

Childrens seek adulation from parents No "s" on "children"

Affable people are good to be friends with okay

She is aloof okay

india is an agrarian country Capitalize "India."

I have a altruistic nature Use "an" form of article before a vowel. (an apple)

The policy of my company was amended after march Capitalize "March."

I was allured by her beauty okay

Mumbai has ample food to feed the people okay, but "its/her people" might be better.

My debts were annulled with my last salary Use "wiped out!" "Our marriage was annulled by the Church/court." -   something done by an official body.

A diamond ring would help me appease my wife  okay

I was apprised by my manager regarding the appraisal i recd (I received.)

I had an arduous project last month okay, but we don't usually use "had" with "project." "I had/performed an arduous task"   /   "I took on an arduous project."

When you get to the "B's," don't put them all in one post, or you'll crash the site! - A.

Please help me proofread...

samwalker — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:35:03 GMT

British Columbia is a Canadian province with beautiful cities. Such as Vancouver and Victoria. In Vancouver, visitors can walk around Stanley Park, go to several wonderful museums, or shop in big malls. On a sunny day, the views around Vancouver are beautiful. Because you can see the mountains. Many tourists come to visit British Columbia from all over the world. If you ever have the chance to go to Western Canada. You should try to visit British Columbia. At first, life was difficult for me in the U.S., I didn't understand English. I could speak only a few words of English, so it was very hard to communicate. Luckily, I had some friends who spoke English they could help me a lot. When I needed to fill out applications or go to the doctor, my friends translated for me. Now I can do everything by myself because I speak and understand English quite well, and I am getting along fine. The new city library near my house built in 1990. Every day I am going to the library to study in a quiet place. Yesterday, I studied in the library for 3 hours. Residents are allow to check out books, CDs, and tapes from the library. I had my own library card since last August. Students usually have homeworks every day.I always have to read book and write summary. I sometimes learn useful information in my reading assignments. This week we are reading stories from several country. I'm learning about tradition and customs in Chile. Both the tapes and the book for our listening class is available in the college bookstore. One of my favorite hobbies are looking at books in a big bookstore. The people who work in the bookstore are very helpful. Every student need to know how to get to the bookstore. The bookstore opens at 8:00am and closes at 8:00pm on weekdays.

My corrections:
-cities such as? (delete the period?)
-beautiful because (delete the period?)
-Canada, you (comma, not a period?)
-U.S. - I didn't...?
-English so (delete the comma?)
-who spoke English they could help me a lot (and they could?)
-needed (need?)
-translated (translate?)
-well and (delete comma?)
-was built?
-go?
-should it be spelled out - three?
-allowed?
-have had... since last...? or Had..last August?
-books? summaries?
-Is 'sometimes' on the right position in the sentence?
-week we (week, we?)
-are?
-one of... is/are?
-needs

Is there any other wrong tense usage? Any wrong punctuation, punctuations which should be changed/deleted, pluralization, preposition, grammatical errors I missed to correct?

Please Check My Answers

Anonymous — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:47:54 GMT

1. An adjective modifies a:
A. verb. B. noun. C. pronoun. D. both b & c.
Answer D.

2. Adverbs modify:
A. verbs. B. adjectives. C. other adverbs. D. all the above
Answer D.

3. The purpose of a preposition is to connect:
A. nouns to other words in the sentence. B. pronouns to other words in the sentence. C. a group of words acting as a noun to another word in the sentence. D. all of the above
Answer D.

4. Which of the following words is not a preposition?
A. aboard B. by C. beside D. himself
Answer D.

5. The main parts of a sentence are:
A. the subject and the predicate. B. an adjective and adverb. C. a verb and adverb. D. the capital and punctuation.
Answer A.

6. A sentence fragment may be lacking :
A. a subject. B. a verb. C. both a subject and a verb. D. all of the above.
Answer D.

7. Phrases and clauses are incorrectly used when they are:
A. deleted. B. left dangling. C. misplaced. D. both b & c
Answer D.

8. A dangling modifier is a word or group of words that:
A. does not seem to modify any word in a sentence. B. can be placed anywhere in a sentence. C. both a & b D. neither a nor b
Answer A.

Re: correct preposition/s

Yoong Liat — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 17:05:47 GMT

Hi Kooyeen

They are strong on computer skills, but weak on grammar and punctuation. (Times-Chambers Essential English Dictionary - latest edition)

Re: correct sentences 24/11

Clive — Sun, 13 May 2007 22:03:32 GMT

Hi,

what is scorrect

you are one of those people on whom i can count

you are one of those people whom i can count on

Neither is correct, because you need capital letters and punctuation.

#1 is a bit more stylish than #2, but you can put the preposition in either position.

Best wishes, Clive

Re: my trip

nona the brit — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:55:41 GMT

Hello, I've made some corrections in bold and the highlighted areas are other problems that I've left you to work out for yourself. Your main problems are with prepositions and articles. You are missing out lots of these. You also have a lot of problems with punctuation and are just putting lots in at random. Don't leave a space before any punctuation, such as commas. Stop using random rows of full stops (periods) as punctuation, it doesn't mean anything. An ellipsis ... (three dots only) can be used in some circumstances but you shouldn't over-use it, and most of yours are not being used appropriately.

Though again..., What had I done in a whole year? After Christmas, we went on the gospel trip to small villages. One was " Myint Kyo" and another one was âKyawe da Nyin Gone" (buffalo....village). The journey was so hard, especially as it was over a long distance; the first thing we rode was the train, then there was a long car journey, a pony-cart, a car and a canoe ... and then we arrived at âMyit kyoâvillage.

When we arrived at the village I felt that ????..and then, at that night our performance has been good recently such as drama, mime, puppet show, solo, Duet, Group song and Burmese dance with play a joke..this part doesn't make sense.We finished at 1:30am.

The next day, we couldn't get up early in the morning, but we would try and celebrate with a Christmas party at Myit Kyo church. After that we were packed off to another place and we went by canoe, car, motorcycle and on foot. The motorcycle couldnât get over the bridge so we must have walked 4 miles.

When we arrived at âkyawe Dan yin goneâ village, weâve had problems with the water supply (lately) everybody looks like jungle man... You know, weâve been breathe dustâ¦. No more water, no light?????? So what could we do? We took dinner first & prepared for night program and then we started at nearly 9:30pm itâs getting cold. Timeâs too late but weâve got another problem. Generator doesnât work so we prayed a lot bless it. Everybody wait seeâ¦â¦ nobody went back home.

Our performances was as same as "Myit Kyo" program & we finished at 2:00 am. After that we went back hostel. Everybody wants to take a rest but not enough for mat. Weâve got one mat. How could we sleep? (20 girls)We were in big, big trouble

Re: Punctuation for a novel referenced in a paragraph

Yoong Liat — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:10:55 GMT

Anonymous wrote:

When referring to a novel in a paragraph, what is the proper punctuation - do you underline the title only, do you underline and have quotations, do you only have quotations? Also are all the words of the novel's title capitalized?

HB

Common Errors in English

The Right Word at the Right Time

Alice in Wonderland

The Old Man and the Sea

You will notice that the first letter of the title and certain words are capitalised.

Prepositions and conjunctions are not in capital letters.

Re: This sentence

Grammar Geek — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 13:53:31 GMT

Well, it was wrong in the first case because it was two sentences together with no punctuation. It's wrong now because you have what's called a comma splice, in which you use a comma when you need either a perior or semi-colon, or a conjunction, which is why I rewrote it. Your opening paragraph above has the same mistakes.

Anyway, you asked at first if the preposition could come after "that" and now I see you meant before "that." In this case, the preposition "of" needs to follow "aware." I am aware of, I have knowledge of, and a lot of other verbs take of. There's no reason that "that" can't follow this phasing, or a similar "I have no information on that."

Re: Would you help me make this shorter and correct?

Clive — Fri, 26 May 2006 00:59:21 GMT

Hi,

I was looking through this post and came upon this phrase, "calling on," and want to ask you whether we need to have the prepostion "on"? I have to say I sometimes (or close to "usually") use it to describe an actual act of calling, though. I don't think you need to say 'though' here.

I am sorry but can you resolve any punctuation problem or problems shown above in the underlined part. Personally, I'd put the comma after the quotes because it is not actually a part of the quote. There are formal rules around for this kind of thing.

'To call on someone' means to visit them, in a slightly formal sense. The preposition needs to be part of the phrase. Without the preposition, 'to call someone' sounds like you are summoning them, or phoning them.

Best wishes, Clive