By Sentence structures, Punctuation

Hi guys,Nora went mad because France lost a match against Spain in the championship for the best team in Italy last week.When I read this sentence, the first question that comes to my mind is 'Why are France and Spain competing to be the best team in Italy?' It sounds like a competition...

Hi, I think the reason you have not had any replies is that youhave a lot of problems here. I can understand most of your sentences, but your grammar and sentence structure needs improvement. I suggest you begin by improving your punctuation. You need to treplace all the sequences of 3 dots by...

.1-- No, I don't see that by is necessary.2-- Style guides can vary somewhat, but according to mine, namely, that is, for example, i.e. and e.g. are all followed by a comma and preceded by some kind of punctuation (comma, semicolon, parenthesis, etc.) depending on the sentence structure.

Hi, Context: April 30, 2008, 8:38 amRich Hospital, Poor Hospital Posted by Joe Mantone The Wall Street Journal recently reported on the yin of hospitals — nonprofits reaping big profits. Now we have the hospital yang — those facilities struggling to break even on patient care. The latter...

.Justified? Well, all I can say is that they work OK in your examples. M-dashes are a relatively informal but increasingly popular-- and rather vague-- connective punctuation. They are used "to denote a sudden break in thought that causes an abrupt change in sentence structure." . ...

"The Change of the Characteristics in the passage from The Hours" The passage from the novel The Hours by Michael Cunningham is intriguing. The passage illustrates the difference between the character's characteristics in different time settings: past and present. This difference is...

Julielai wrote: Some parts in red for you to fix Cheese1987 wrote: Thank you! Account of the recent language learning experience and insights gained through the course both inside and outside of class I have learnt some useful skills in the course in these months.(incomplete...

Some parts in red for you to fix Cheese1987 wrote: Account of the recent language learning experience and insights gained through the course both inside and outside of class Some useful skill I have learnt in the course in these months.(incomplete sentence) The most impress_ _ _...

Please help me proof it. Thanks! Account of the recent language learning experience and insights gained through the course both inside and outside of class Some useful skill I have learnt in the course in these months. The most impress me is the lesson teaching me the skills to...

Hungry wrote:Dear Teachers, Please have a look at the following short letter and make sure the words sound professional and sentence structure, flow, punctuation, mood, andtense are presented in a manner that makes sense, while looking out forinconsistencies.So many thanks in advance. Best...