Hi, I have 9 questions this time. Brace for impact. QUESTION 1: I have a question concerning the linking of 2 complete sentences with a comma. I know that it is correct to do this; however, consider that the 1st complete sentence actually consists

. "This is also the first time that such plans have been designed even before a new year started,” said an official at the Finance Ministry. There is no past perfect verb form in that sentence, and the verb tenses of independent clauses do

Thank you. So, I think you are saying the length is the determining factor, not whether is a clause or non-clause. Right? I think Clive said something like if the content is more than 2 or 3 words (I don't know exactly that means in practical

Hi, I think I have asked a question similar to this some time ago but have this question. Can you help? She has this I -am-good-and-I-know-it attitude. I have the tendency to put a content that is a clause or that resembles one inside quotation

Hi, I wonder what is the guidelines for deciding whether to use hyphens or quotation marks for cases like these. ... his way was a my-life-for-yours way. (Could one have written it using quotation markslike this: ... his way was a "my life

Thank you. You wrote this as your partical response to the overall question: I think that the "good morning's" are inappropriate. -- No I think his "how are you's" are inappropriate. -- No. His "how are you"s

Hi, I was listening to some types of speeches and have some questions. 1.When someone says this, does he have to make it known that it is quoted? I think the written version should be in quotation marks because not being in quotation marks

In the first sentence the use of a present tense (think) emphasises what your opinion is now . The past tense (thought) refers to the past; your opinion may have changed by now. "I told her that I am (was?) happy in my job" Both are

Hi, 1. Let us say this was in quotation marks. How would you validate the use of the underlined tense? The people who built houses; their walls have crumbled, as if they had never been ! 2. TWO more questions: Does 'as if' in normal

Thank you. Would you say that quotation can be used for emphasis. I think a lot of people in this forum has said in the past that a person can't use quotation marks just to highlight a single word or whole phrase or clause, but I think I