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

According to the strict rules, if you have two complete sentences joined by the "and" you use the comma. So, your should NOT have the comma, the second should, the third should not, and the fourth should. In practice, if the two

It can be set within a sentence if set off by commas, but it is awkward there.

Hello, Mariott, 1. I hope this will make you happy and will not be forgotten.- correct; no comma before and when the subject of the second clause is ellipted, as shown by the materials in the Survey of English Usage. 2. I hope this will make

Do not underline titles, that is a printer's tool. A document title, such as in your example, is either italicized or has quotation marks around it. For example, a book title is italicized but a chapter title has quotation marks around it. See

This site might help you on the rules of apostrophe. Fairly comprehensive: http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/apostro.asp

lol, sorry, I thought it's for causal chatroom usage where people don't bother with punctuation. I'll endeavour to be more precise from now on.

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

Grammar books are simply not designed for writing papers. You are on the wrong track. If you do not like the Chicago manual, my lesser-known A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (Kate Turabian) has plenty about

What is the best grammar book for a university student in Canada? I would like one that covers a wide range of examples and usages. A strong focus on punctuation would be very helpful since most of the time I have a question about the