1. Which punctuation mark should we use when we have two independent clauses that have (show) a relationship between them? Would a colon be correct?-- No. A semicolon or a full stop. (I presume that you are speaking of two clauses with no

In context I think he means to say that the act of killing him is final, that after that there is nothing more she can do or say to him. Then she says she doesn't need to say anything more after that-- the act of killing by itself will do the

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Yes, but it's not a very good sentence. Always looking to improve. 1) Despite this tragedy, he has displayed uncommon valor and ... between "important" and "it" and do Ihave a run-on sentence. No, you do not. Well, you do,

} Are there any clues or fuzzy rules which can help recognizing a word } containing 's', 'z', 'x' and so on? You're talking about reducing the (z) sounds to written English, right? (The (s) sounds probably aren't

Charles Riggs filted: In twenty words or less, why on earth would you? See below. The bigger problem is that dashes are, like, not cool. ... debated sentence. I believe my man Jim Joyce would also. You people seem to be talking about replacing the

Charles Riggs filted: In twenty words or less, why on earth would you? I wondered how long that would take. I started wondering ... find colons in post-dash situations very not, as in cool. The bigger problem is that dashes are, like, not cool.

It'd be a great favour if I was told where I went wrong wording this post. http://discuss.fogcreek.com/joelonsoftware/default.asp?cmd=show&ixPost=116994&ixReplies=2 "Its called "No Bull Object Technology For Executives"

} Valentine: } }>} I have no sense of humor. }> }>Me, neither. } } I notice you write "me neither" as "me, neither". Is the first one incorrect? } I don't say "me neither" with a pause, but I could see

Paulo V.: They presented four phrases Sentences. and asked me which one was correct: (flag#1 = red/white/blue; flag#2 = green/yellow) 1. The two flags were red, white ... white, and blue and green and yellow. 4. The two flags were red, white, and