Questions tagged [introductory-words]
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“nice meeting you” Or “nice to meet you”
Here is a situation:
After I meet others for the first time and have a talk, is it correct to say "nice to meet you" or “nice meeting you”？
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How to give a signal saying “This is the background paragraph” in the beginning of a paragraph?
In a cover letter, I have a paragraph where I explain my educational background, and right at the beginning, I want to explicitly state that "This is the background paragraph".
How can I do that?
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Should names/original nouns go in the introductory clause or main clause?
At first, I wrote this:
Clutching his striped tie, sitting on the couch, Mary waited for Tom
to come out from the bathroom.
A native speaker changed that into this:
Clutching Tom's tie, ...
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Why do some introductory words are always followed by a comma and others aren't?
Some examples.
However is always followed by a comma. Examples.
Mostly is almost always followed by a comma. Examples.
Rather is 50-50, I think. Examples. (I think this is the case with so too.)
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