By Sample, Commas

I have just learned the use of dashes; I have a question. Here is a sample text I have written where the bold portion is where my main concern exists. Is it "legal" to place dashes before a comma?Throughout middle school, I have been proactive with friends and developing friendships...

Yankee wrote: Angliholic wrote: For the sake of using it right, I'll make a few more sentences in the following. Correct me if I am wrong. Thanks. It's just as well that I didn't sign up for the trip, because it'll it's going to/it's supposed to rain tomorrow. It was just as well that I...

No comma. facing the door acts as an adverb of manner. It tells how the clowns stand. You wouldn't use a comma for any other adverb. The clowns stood straight. The clowns stood quietly. The clowns stood facing the door. facing is a participle. It is the present...

Anonymous wrote: Hello, I am just trying to find out if you put a comma before all quotes???? According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the EHR is, “a longitudinal collection of patient-centric healthcare information available across providers, care settings,...

Teleostomi wrote:(2) SVM, (participle) (1) (participle), SVM.Which type is higher in acceptability than the other? (1) ...(I couldn't think of an example!)(2) She met a girl, carrying a basked full of fruits.(Is 2 really an example of a dangling participle?)Hi Teleostomi I changed the numbers...

Dear John.... no, I am not breaking up with you! No, seriously, I have a rather large problem. I have been a court reporter for almost 30 years; unfortunately, I have been forced to retire. I am now doing some freelance work for another company and, in the past, I was used to being my own...

Mister Micawber wrote: Semicolon is used, besides else, to separate two sentences that are closely related complex items in the list This information is right, Aperisic; however, in your--I was in the house number 21, 32 and 45; and the garages, patios and windows were all destroyed by...

Ignorant88 wrote: Thanks for your reply~ But example 1: "The Tigers~" and example 2: "The Red Sox~" are based on advices from Willim Strunk's Element of Style. The text states that a comma should not be placed after 'and' in example 1 and after 'but' in example 2. Of course styles differ...

No, Mandy is the first name and Louise is the middle name. In English it is usual to use given names first, then the surname. You can tell that this has been reversed in this sample by the inclusion of the comma after Cutler. When names are listed for official/recording reasons, it is usual to...