By Semicolons, Commas

Hi Tuongvan, you have continuing problems with spacing around punctuation. You do not need spaces before question marks: Who could have broken it ? -- incorrect (or non-standard) Who could have broken it? -- correct When you use a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon, put a single space...

<<.>>I find it more natural to say "The day of the appointment..." or "The day of my appointment..."Exactly how I would say it. Cute, Let me be as plain as I can about your writing without being too discouraging or disappointing.I think you are trying very hard to...

Hello PCM, The key to your question is "too much." Too much of anything is unnatural. Even ice cream. (Although, happily, I haven't found that point yet when it comes to ice cream.) Colons are really not often used. Your example is a good one. Use them before a list. Until you...

Thank you so much ! The website helps a lot ! Hmmm ... but ... the site said that dash can be used to emphasize on a point . Can it be use on any point? Does it have to be a sentence or can it be just a phrase ? E.g . But we managed to get out in time - I hoped . (acceptable?) ...

Hi,Welcome to the Forum.I am new to this site, if i am doing this wrong please correct me but i need your opinion and was so happy when i came upon this site. English is not my strong suit but i try and reason as you will see below. Just what would you do, Cheryl, if the situation were reversed?...

Hi I am new to this site, if i am doing this wrong please correct me but i need your opinion and was so happy when i came upon this site. English is not my strong suit but i try and reason as you will see below. Just what would you do, Cheryl, if the situation were reversed?(Am I correct to say...

Mister Micawber is right. Also, use a semicolon in the first sentence only if you don't change the text. Thus it would be: "He usually has a shower; then he has a shave and brushes his teeth."~R

.He usually has a shower, and then he has a shave and brushes his teeth.He usually has a shower; then, he has a shave and brushes his teeth.This is a mundane description of a daily activity. The semicolon and subsequent comma in the second sentence break the sentence into formal segments that do...

Hello Mister Micawber,I appreciate your kind reply. Here, I would like to point out the second sentence that has two independent clauses joined by a conjunctive adverb is required to be separated by a semicolon. Further, a comma is then needed after the conjunctive adverb 'then'. I have...