Good evening, Mister Micawber, the pressure of other work has deterred me from replying to this message of yours as promptly as possible, so I intend to do it in the present post in order to shed light on some important questions.

Thanks, everyone. According to The American Heritage Guide to Contemporary Usage and Style: With other punctuation Put commas and periods inside closing quotation marks; put colons and semicolons outside. Other punctuation, such as exclamation

The comma is misplaced, as the "unless" clause is restrictive. As to length, first, the notion that comma usage properly depends on length should be style the Fundamental Error of Comma Usage; second, the sentence is compound, and —

Hi English offers the possibility to work around the problem of having to use awkward constructions such as 'he or she' or 'his and hers'. For example, instead of saying that Someone has left his or her car on the sidewalk , you

Jingtian, The New York Times style book says: periods and commas, in American usage, always go inside the closing quotation marks, regardless of grammatical logic. Another source gives this example: ...two complete thoughts joined by

Hi, 4.I have been wrestling with this dilemma... I'll giv an example: For patients coming for just a regular check up, it offers a chance for you to get in touch with your body. I know the sentence is stupid, but my point is, can i

4.I have been wrestling with this dilemma... I'll giv an example: For patients coming for just a regular check up, it offers a chance for you to get in touch with your body. I know the sentence is stupid, but my point is, can i change the 3rd

Hi, 1.'desire to learn about ..' To get information about something or 'desire to learn of ..' S ometimes focuses on learning about something for the first time, learning whether or not something exists. eg He was fifteen

1.'desire to learn about ..' or 'desire to learn of ..' 2. also can i start a sentece with 'to this end...' for e.g. 'It is important to maintain a proper weight. To this end, the health consious person may choose to

I am pretty sure that every usage book would answer: YES. Nevertheless, perhaps some experts on style would limit the front position to formal writing. In conversation, it might sound more "natural" to say: (1) I then read....(2) I am