Hmmm, I did not know that it is very common among native speakers. Surprise to me! Assuming from your comment, I guess I had better to follow the rule in fomal writing, at least. Thank you very much for your comment. You helped me a lot!

Dear teachers and native speakers, I used to think that a sentence like the following is NOT correct because the subject in the main clause and the subject in the subordinate clause are not the same: Example) When editing data, the

Thank you for adding your comment and clarifying the point! Now I feel much better than before and will be able to have more confident in making sentences in English. Smile"

Mr. Wordy and Avangi: You both helped me a lot! Smile" src="http://www.englishforums.com/emoticons/emotion-1.gif" mce_src="/emoticons/emotion-1.gif"> Thank you! This is just my conclusion though, 1), 2),

Dear Mr. Wordy: I see, thank you for your points and comments! By the way, why do you say 2) ("Press the Enter key and Alt key") is grammatically correct? Does "the" not necessarily have to be placed before

Dear teachers and native speakers: Please teach me if each of the following is correct or not. Also, please indicate me the differences among those: 1) Press the Enter key and the Alt key (at the same time). 2) Press the Enter key and

Hmmm, I see. So, do you mean that this example B is not a participal construction but simply the sentence including an adverb phrase? What about in the active voice--"We measured the size, using the ABC method."--though? Is it wrong

Thank you for your comment. Hmmm, although I do understand what you say, I still have a doubt that this is a participal construction with a hanging participle (=means the subjects are different between "the size was measured" and

Dear teachers, I believe that the following sentence is what is called a "hanging participle" or a "dangling participle," where the subject in the main clause and the subject in the adverb clause are not the same (one

Dear native speakers (this time, especially, U.S., Canada, and U.K.), I have long been confronting the problem related to the usage of commas and periods in quotation marks. I know that periods and commas are placed inside quotation marks in