Search results for 'tag:Word order tag:Punctuation' matching tags 'Word order' and 'Punctuation'

Re: Correct or Not

Eimai_Anglos — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:42:56 GMT

"why was late reply" is not a sentence. It has no meaning. In English a sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a punctuation mark (. ; : ? !)

In addition, you seem to have omitted a definite or indefinite article or a possessive pronoun and mixed up the word order.

"Why was his reply late?"

"Why was the reply late?"

Re: Please check for grammar mistakes

nona the brit — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:28:32 GMT

Why are stock markets across world feeling the heat? Careful of word order in questions. I've highlighed other problem areas - grammar/punctuation/word choice blue and spelling red. I think you are using Americans when you want 'America's'.

A decade ago when Americans purchasing power was the highest, they went on the buying spree across the globe. At that point in time the economy was souring high and the ambition of Americans was skyrocketing. They indeed brought more than what they earned, it led to trade deficit. But foreign reserves of developing countries like India, China started overflowing which helped their GDP move upwards. Once Federal Government tighten the housing loan interest rates, American buying trend reversed and now the stock markets across the globe is feeling the heat. Recessiopn is hovering over the American market

Re: How to make a certain word stick out in a sentence?

Grammar Geek — Fri, 04 May 2007 16:14:47 GMT

You can change the word order to emphasize pizza: Pizza is what I would like.

Or you can say What I would like is pizza.

I wouldn't use punctuation to emphasize.

Re: Superlative for Two

Grammar Geek — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 14:41:20 GMT

Anonymous wrote:

Interesting you would take such a stand, when your signature quotation suggests otherwise.

We're getting a little off-topic here, but when I am editing, my job is not just to correct out-and-out errors ("the man are") which are relatively rate, but also fix the wrong word (affect/effect, it's/its, etc.) and - and here's the point - smooth the writing.

If there are "stoppers" in the text that would cause people to stumble in their reading because it was not what they were expecting, I change it. (Unless of course the unusal useage was intentional to draw attention to it, but in the type of writing I do, that's rarely the intention.)

The meaning of the passage is what people should remember and focus on, not a srange word order, punctuation used an usual way, or a word choice that makes them go "Hmmm" - however briefly - and disrupts the flow of the paragraph..

Re: "I know what is love" VS "I know what love is"

pieanne — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 16:44:04 GMT

Only the second one seems grammatically correct to me. It is the normal/grammatical word order for reported speech.

Yet, with "punctuation" changes, you can hear the first one. Let's say you're talking about a singer. You've discovered him through his latest hit "What is love?", and you want to know what he's done before that. So you can imagine a conversation:

A: "I quite like X! Do you know him? Do you know any of his songs?"

B: "What is love?".

A: "Yes, I know "what is love?" I mean, any other song?

Re: Punctuation doesn't punctuate it?

Taka — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 07:01:09 GMT

Davkett wrote:
However, the opening clause is a bit off in word order, don't you think?

To me, not as confusing---and shocking--- as the one that I'm asking a question about. I mean, a period is, you know a 'period', a full stop. I thought it should indicate the end of the sentence.

Clive, are you there? You are actually teaching English, right?

If you make 'sentence A. sentenceB' an indirect speech, is it grammatically possible for a that-clause to include both sentence A and B with a period between them, like 'He says that sentence A. sentenceB'?

Re: Punctuation doesn't punctuate it?

davkett — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 22:32:54 GMT

Sorry, I seem to have twice misread your question. The context here clears up the matter.

(However, the opening clause is a bit off in word order, don't you think?-- 'I was first exposed to the idea that occasional boredom can actually be good for me while studying with a therapist in La Conner, Washington...' Sounds like occasional boredom can be good for you while studying with a therapist.

Back to laisure interests and activities.

Amelie — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 08:42:51 GMT

Hello guys. I asked for the help, but I did not have a chance to finish my work and post it here, 'cause I was on business trip. Now I am back and I have finished my essay.

I will appreciate if someone could give his/her opinion on my work. It might need corrections - structure, word order, punctuation, whatever. Criticism is welcome :-D

Thanks in advance.

My leisure interests and activities.

Leonardo Da Vinchi said âIron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity, even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind.â

This saying expresses my attitude to life.

I am quite an active person and it is very important to me to stay engaged in life with activities, which lead to life satisfaction. Therefore I try to fill my free time completely. That helps me broaden my horizons as well as make my life interesting and full of positive emotions.

My leisure activities are from different spheres, so I could develop extensively both my mind and body. I can integrate them in three groups, which are education, photograph and sport.

Education includes both learning foreign language and increasing my professional level.

Learning English improves my memory ability, broadens my knowledge about other cultures and gains access to the information, which is not available in Russian language.

For example, as to foreign literature, all we have in Russian is other peopleâ translation, which presents a novel or a story in the light, a translator understands it. Sometimes translated books lose original charm and language style that, I consider, is very important. Consequently I have an ability to enjoy reading original books and think about described events in the way I acknowledge them.

Beside fiction I read some articles related to audit and accounting in English using resources of British Council virtual library and other sources. Also I surf Euro News web-side and discover that sometimes foreign journalists have different points of view on situations, have happened somewhere. This additional information can be beneficial to forming my own opinion on something.

Developing and improving the skills I already have, allows me to be competitive along with getting pleasure from meeting new people and spending time with my friends.

My other interest is photographing. I find it exciting to catch an interesting moment by my camera. If pictures need to be improved, special software allows me to do that. I can put away garbage, change the background or fix something. The best photograph I put into frames, which hang at home and in the office I work.

Finally, sport, in summer I go cycling. If I am on leave I try to spend this time near the nature â I go hiking and riding horse. I do yoga exercises regularly. Yoga teaches how to relax and concentrate. It works in three ways â helps keep fit, clears my mind and gives me energy for studying and working.

These activities and interests make my life many-sided, completed and assist to achieve set challenges.

Are there any more errors ?pls help!!!

Shasam — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 03:34:17 GMT

G (grammar) SP( spelling) T (TENSES) P (punctuation) PR( preposition)WO (word order) V ( vocabulary)

I am 46 years old and married for twenty years .We have got three children,one soon and two daughters .There are

six, eight and eleven years old.I am an electrical engineer and worked for a company who manufactured machines for procession

automatically.

At first, I am going to learn English in Great Britain.It's very important for my job.Then, I would like to have a little compagniy with

about ten coworker for myself.If it isn't possible,i'll manage a department who developed high technology machines.

I became the test sheets for complete and return directly at you .You phoned at your agent about my course at your school in

Bristol.Very thanks for your trouble .I'm happy to come at your school and i'm sure to learn better English.I don't know my flight

numberon 5st March.I would let you as soon as possible.

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soon-son(sp),there-they(Sp).,electricalengineer(Electrical Engineer) (P),worked-work(T),who-which(G),manufactured-manufactures (T),to have-to open (V) compagniy(SP),coworker-coworkers(G),who -which (G)developed- develops(T),very thanks-thank you very much (WO),come at -come to(P) 5st-5th(G) let you as soon-let you know as soon....

I have corrected what i know and i'm not sure how to correct the sentences -,I became the test sheets for complete and return directly at you.You phoned at your agent about my course at your school in Bristol.

Are my other corrections o.k. help please!!!!!

Errors

Shasam — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 03:12:55 GMT

Please help me correct the following passage!!!!!

correct and clssify the error as G(grammar) Sp ( spelling) WO ( word order) P ( punctuation) V (vocabulary) PR (prepositions) T (tense)

I had been in London for about four days , I saw the Tower of London ,the Tower Bridge the Big Ben and the other famous places of this city.To arrive in Bath, I brought a coach.The journey was long but I'm very happy to arrive in this town.I didn't stay here before, but all my friends who saw Bath tell me that it is very beautiful.I hope I enjoy myself very much.