Please somebody kindly confirm that it is correct to go without comma if the writer has more than one sisters: My sister an English teacher is a single mother. And advise which article is more proper to be used preceeding English teacher, an or the?

Thank you for reply. But the appositive here (an English teacher) is restrictive (because I have several sisters), are the comma before and after the appositive necessary?

Suppose one of my sisters is a single mother and English teacher and I want to use appositive to express this idea, should I say: My sister an English teacher is a single mother. My sister, an English teacher, is a single mother. My sister the

Thanks to you all. But I have one more question: Do the following sentences have the same meaning: I have no doubt but that everything will be fine. I have no doubt that everything will be fine.

Hi, Clive. Thank you for reply. I have a further question though: Why are bare infinitives used after but in the following sentences? We could do nothing but wait. She could not help but cry in her way home. Are the but's here function

Please advise if any of the following sentences is incorrect, and why, in terms of gramma rules : 1. We had no choice but leave the kids at home with their grandmother. 2. We had no choice but to leave the kids at home with their grandmother. 3.

Do you see anything wrong with the following sentence: Not only did he direct the play, but he also played a important role in the play. Thank you for advice.

When somebody asks: when is the store opened? He wants to know: 1. when the store is going to start to operate as new. 2. when the store opens its door every day. 3. what time the store stays open every day. Or what else? Thanks for reply.

Please advise if the pair of commas needed in the following sentences? John, talking to the professor, seemed puzzled. The student, talking to the professor, seemed puzzled. Thanks for reply.

Thank you a lot, Avangi. But for the sentence #3, if we say as suggested "He will retire come next year.", there will be two verbs in one centence. Is that OK?