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Re: Conditional:Auxiliary Commentary Words?

Anonymous — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:21:32 GMT

Thank you. So if the word is specifically referenced to by context, we should use the definite article to indicate specifcity of it like you did with the noun 'power'. Is that right?

You wrote this as an introducing part (if that is phrased right) to the examples:
I think they are unaffected, but I think also that the 'would's are incorrect:

I have hard time finding out how to pluralize words like"'would" or 'how are you?"You seemed to have attach an 's' after putting the word "would" in the quotation marks. Is it how it should be done? How about this?

I think they are unaffected, but I think also that the "would's" are incorrect:

How about these?

I think that the '"do's and don'ts" are inappropriate to the situation.
I think that the "good morinng's" are inappropriate.
I think his "how are you's" are inappropriate. -- this seems to be a difficult one since I feel "how are you" should have a question mark at the end and it is difficult to know what to do with the mark.

Re: Will you check my English?

optilang — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:07:03 GMT

Hello. ~~Will~~ Can you correct my English if any? Could you correct my English if there are any mistakes please?

M: I need two copies of today's Daily Yomiuri. - OK

F: ~~They~~ Its were just sold out. - It's just sold out

you can try the magazine stand over there? - You can try the magazine stand over there. note - no question mark

M: OK. (Thank you) I heard there's an article about my university on the front page.

Re: The question mark/comma/quotation mark debacle

CalifJim — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:50:28 GMT

If you're writing informally for yourself and friends, use your own judgment.

If you're writing for a specific publication, use the style manual they recommend.

Often the answer is different depending on where your article is published.

My personal preference is ... musical "Oklahoma!", the second show ...

Re: Can I say "He came last morning."?

Hoa Thai — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:40:42 GMT

Hi Yankee,

Yankee wrote:
Hi Hoa Thai

To me, your examples are not comparable, and I'm also not sure what you're getting at.

In your first sentence, the use of the article 'the' makes a huge difference in the meaning.
recently: Do you remember the last evening / night we were with John?

You could just as easily say "Do you remember the last morning/afternoon we were with John?"
Saying 'the last (time)' doesn't mean recently; it refers to the final time out of all of the past times. 'The last morning/afternoon/evening/night' could have been a decade ago.

the only one left: Let's make this our last evening / night to remember?

This sentence is quite awkward. However, even in this sentence, the sense of 'our last' would be '(our) final'. Once again, it would also be possible to talk about 'our final morning or afternoon'.

1st sentence: 'recently' was my wrong choice of word. I posted the question to find out whether the presence of the article 'the' would allow us to use 'last' with morning / afternoon / evening / night or not. You answered that!

2nd sentence: Again you answered the question I had in mind! However, I don't quite understand the awkwardness that you mentioned. Is it because of the question mark at the end? If so, it was a typo (you should find that mistake removed in my second post). If not, could you kindly explain?

In short, I should have asked whether we could use 'last' with 'morning / afternoon / evening' besides 'night'? And in what situations?

Thanks,
Hoa Thai

Re: are the following sentences correct? ''Is this pun made on John?''...

Jackson6612 — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:27:04 GMT

Jackson6612 wrote:

Sentence #5 is really a statement. It could be the heading for an article in a magazine: " [I am going to tell you] why men act more like women these days."

Do you mean that question mark could not be used at the end of that sentence?

Help!

Re: are the following sentences correct? ''Is this pun made on John?''...

Jackson6612 — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 07:02:43 GMT

Sentence #5 is really a statement. It could be the heading for an article in a magazine: " [I am going to tell you] why men act more like women these days."

Do you mean that question mark could not be used at the end of that sentence?

Re: Please proofread part of my essay

Mister Micawber — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 10:45:51 GMT

Overall, it looks fine, Mountain, including the section of shareholder activism. I have fixed some minor puntuation, etc and made some suggestions for rephrasing. The question marks indicate suggested changes that I am not sure preserve your meaning.

Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) has three different dynamic strategies, which are often combined. The best known is social screening, but in my opinion the other two are just as important: shareholder activism and community investment. Basically, these three strategies are used to incorporate our personal values and concern for society into our investment and financial decisions.

According to www.socialinvest.org, social screening is âthe practice of including, excluding, or evaluating publicly traded securities from investment portfolios or mutual funds based on social or environment criteria.â Social screening can be either positive or negative. Positive screenings seek the most progressive companies, while negative screenings avoid specific companies. Examples of negative screening would be of companies that cause illness, damage the environment, or reveal deceptive business practices. Meanwhile, positive screenings eliminate negative factors (?) and seek ways to maximize investment returns. Ask yourself whether you want to invest in companies that causes harm to society or in ones that will make you money and let you sleep well? I personally would not want to be an investor in an activity (?) that goes against my ethics.

The Corporate Governance Glossary defines shareholder activism as âa group or individual that takes action in an effort to influence management and effect change in the behavior of corporations to increase shareholder value.â( www.corp-gov.org. ) From my understanding of âShareholder Activism: The Good, the Bad, and the Uglyâ by Donohue, shareholder activists target companies because of their size as well as their specific stakeholder-related practices. The article shows that shareholder activists target companies with shareholder resolutions demanding changes in corporate behavior for companies producing problematic products and where environmental concerns exist. Furthermore, companies in specific industries are targeted based on poor employee- and community-related practices.

We have discussed social screening, shareholder activism, and now community investing. What is community investing? Based on www.socialfunds.com : âCommunity investing addresses the financial needs of low income and underserved communities.â According to the definition, even though community investing generally delivers a below-market financial yield, it could also provide a strong social return. A community investor may, for example, open a checking account, saving account or money market account; by doing that, the investor is helping the bank loan out money to low- and moderate-income families. In general, community investment strives for strong and healthy development (?).

Re: Can I use this phrase?

Inchoateknowledge — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 11:13:18 GMT

Hyundai surpassed (the???) Japanese rival Nissan

Drop the brackets and the question marks, otherwise correct.

you need the definite article.

the Japanese rival: Nissan (there is only one rival company called Nissan)

"too much of a good thing" OK

"How much of a big event is it?" I have never heard it

Re: two mixed questions

Clive — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 22:49:42 GMT

Hi,

1. Should this sentence with with the phrase "top priority" be having an article, a or the, in front of it or have no article?

It is natural that social welfare should be given top priority in policy decision making. It seems idiomatic without an article, or you could say 'the' if you want to sound specific. 'A' suggests that there may be several 'top priorities', whcuh dose not sound like a very precise way of speaking.

2. Can you make a question out this sentence, besides the expression "Is she French?" ?

Annie is French. How about Who is French? or What's her nationality?

I am sorry but how should I punctuate in the situation underlined? one question mark? Yes, I would omit the second one.

Best wishes, Clive

two mixed questions

Believer — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 22:31:59 GMT

1. Should this sentence with with the phrase "top priority" be having an article, a or the, in front of it or have no article?

It is natural tht social welfare should be given top priortiy in policy decision making.

2. Can you make a question out this sentence, besides the expression "Is she French?" ?

Annie is French.

I am sorry but how should I punctuate in the situation underlined? one question mark?