I would like a definitive and authoritative answer on the following question: How many clauses can be serialized by an AND? I know for sure more then three nouns can be serialized with an AND, as in, "bread, butter and milk." The same

Upon further reflection (and reading Philip's post), I'm going to contradict what I said earlier. First of all, if you were to follow my original advice, the sentence should have a comma and read as: "I'm waiting for my aunt,

The general rule on using a comma to replace omitted words is vague. You can do it if the words are implied, if the reader would understand them to have been said. It's a matter of practice. As for the closing example, I believe it is also

Cooking dinner - doesn't modify "kitchen". It modified the whole main clause. According to me, it (cooking dinner) is simply a participle phrase functioning as an adjective modifying 'mother'. Because it modifies

Hi, Sometimes grammar references told us that you cannot put a comma between the two verbs of a double predicate sentence, but I often found that usage in articles in famous websites or newspapers. I would say you have to look at each

Sometimes grammar references told us that you cannot put a comma between the two verbs of a double predicate sentence, but I often found that usage in articles in famous websites or newspapers. Could you please tell me whether the following

Hi, Would you place commas in the places as they are placed? Would you give me a short explanation why you would? Please see the underlined parts for commas in reference. As for no.1, I find myself confused as to what to do when there is what

Hi. Would you place commas in the places as they are placed? Would you give me a short explanation why you would? Please see the underlined parts for commas in reference. As for no.1, I find myself confused as to what to do when there is what

Well, I can finally put this one to bed: In The Grammar Bible, which I love as a reference, it states that "the comma and the period go inside the closing quotation marks at all times. There are no exceptions to this rule" (Strumpf and

Hi. I have a question on your sentence. I think a comma between adjectives functions as sort of a conjunction like the "and" in the sentence below. But to place a comma between the adjectives in your sentence seems to make the