By Quotation marks, Adverbs

Hi, I think Mr. M once told me (or us) something to the effect that when you have to put a hyphenated word in the quotation marks, one mark is enough. I think what he meant is you can either choose the hyphen or quotation marks. Can we use both or should we always use just one? Adverbs as a...

Semicolon ( Punctuation sometimes regarded as a weak period or strong comma and used in ways similar to periods and commas. A semicolon can mark the end of a clause and indicate that a clause following is closely related to the previous clause. A semicolon can also divide a sentence to make...

Reported speech, when written, is used without quotation marks; it often requires alterations in the pronouns or tense complements/adverbs - regardless of the tense of the reporting verb. On the other hand, quoted speech reproduces the exact words of the original speaker, and, if written,...

1. "Worse" is the comparative of "bad" while "worst" is the superlative. bad-worse-the worst His new movie is worse than his last. Your cooking is getting worse! (compared to before) Among his movies, the newest one is the worst. This is the worst of all! 2. I'm reproducing Taiwandave's post...

My head fell off days ago... 1. While eating, I fixed my bike. (conjunction with omitted subject and verb; i.e., While I was eating, I fixed my bike). 2. That's right. Having already eaten my lunch (event #1), I fixed my bike (event #2). 3. Well, er, um, given our original example though,...

There have been a number of recent questions concerning when to use hypens. The following is an excerpt from The Economist magazine's style guide. © The Economist Newspaper Limited 2004 Use hyphens for: 1. FRACTIONS (whether nouns or adjectives): two-thirds, four-fifths, one-sixth, etc. 2....