By Semicolons, Grammar

HAve you looked at this one? http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_overvw.html

Thanks Goodman! Could anyone tell me, in descriptive writing what tense usually writer choose. And Guys please reply my 2nd post last two sentenses as well. And explain we can separate verb and subject i.e mirror and curtain, by using comma for emphasis like Feebs did? Third sentence, I have...

I doubt that it is more nearly acceptable that we reproduce the exact same thread with a new date on it. The word that I mispelled was "clause." If you reread the post, I misspelled several words. I was copying from the Gregg reference manual (an English grammar / usage reference manual) as...

The comma creates a comma-splice-- a grammar error of two independent clauses without a coordinating conjunction, a semicolon or a period.

heart racing and gasping for air as your body's autonomic nervous system tries to figure out why it isn't getting enough oxygen. -- This is a nonfinite (participial) clause acting as a sentence adverbial.There is no time for boyfriends; my career comes first.-- As it stood, this was a...

Here's my take on the first one. I couldn't see the original. 1. To succeed in today’s high-tech business world, you need highly developed communications skills. - There is one style rule that says not to hyphenate with words that end in -ly. 2. You especially need writing and grammar skills,...

Hi John, Not only is the comma not necessary aftr Fitzgerald's and Aristotles, it is incorrect to include it. It should be deleted. You can say only "Nick Carraway's" - it's clear you mean his home. I would say "At Gatsby's home" to be clear. It's possible the crying took place at Carraway's,...

Hello,Could anyone tell me if there are grammar errors within these statements? These are lines that I took out of my essay."For example, in F. Scott Fitzgerald's, The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby falls in love with Daisy."Is the comma after "Fitzgerald's" necessary?"When Gatsby invites Daisy to Nick...

I believe that the ghost that has appeared before me truly is my father’s spirit, and that everything it has said is true. The ghost did not flee before Horatio’s “cross,” rule over my people justly; just as my father did, and just as he expects me to do. Looks pretty good to me. You have a...