By 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 right. The sequence of tenses would require was but if...

Hi,Please take a look at this.... involved with modern, western "come every two hours and sit in the room."I am pretty sure you can treat "come every two hours and sit in the room" like an uncountable noun.Can I make it a countable noun like this?Everyday, a "come every...

New2grammar, no need for apology. It's all my fault. Wordy made his point very clear when he said "I'd probably go for "trigger"" I was such a fool that I did not notcie the quotation marks with trigger and assumed that "go for trigger"...

Hi,I think I have seen more than enough cases where what people call a verbal noun has the indefinite article 'a' in front of it and at the very least, the sheer number (should it be - sheer numbrs??) of it warrants some good explanations from experts in this forum. I think I can laid out...

2)" Yes I know", Claira said or "Yes I know", said Claira"Yes I know," Claira said. or "Yes I know," said Claira. I would put the comma inside the quotation marks.

.Do blogs or websites have definitive names? How does one identify the correct name? I suppose I would use italics if I were typing.

try e.g. "so my mood"(quotation marks are required) and watch for verbs in front and after it

This is research which you should do by yourself. Go to:http://books.google.com/booksand search for: "took part in the protest march" "participated in the protest march" "attended the protest march"(quotation marks are important)and you'll see relative...

This is not the usual conditional pattern, but it's just barely possible as "bargaining" will or would.CJ

"As if" and "if" are not the same. As if is used when something is contrary to fact. You talk about him as if you had known him. You talk about him as though you had known him. You talk about him and sound like a person who knew him. However, I know that you did not know him.