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This tag is for questions which a dictionary cannot answer about the meaning or correctness of a word in a sentence. Give as much context as possible.
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correct usage with transitional words
a) She made many poor choices, for example, drinking too much alcohol.
Is this sentence grammatically accurate?
It makes sense but as a rule of thumb if the transitional word 'for example' is removed …
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Type of usage and accuracy
Website definition and example for context.
Use a comma near the end of a sentence to separate contrasted coordinate elements or to indicate a distinct pause or shift.
Example provided:
The speak …
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Comma usage/ introductory element
Concerning this question: what would be the the usage of a comma in either of the last two examples. (a comma version and a comma less version).
After 'You can virtually guarantee to get a good tan …
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Type of sentence/correct usage
It makes you consider the difference between riding down that road in
a car, versus driving down that road on a bicycle.
What do we call these type of clauses, where they have a comparative me …
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Song lyric accuracy/ type of usage
There are lots of questions on this forum concerning song lyrics, but mine is related to English also.
1980's song China in your Hand has the line- It was a theme she had on a scheme he had
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Type of clause in these examples/usage
The character was intentionally designed to be very charismatic and articulate, his main source of fear being derived from his warped sense of reasoning.
His features contort with obvious pain as he …
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Sentence fragment/phrase in this example
In common usage, a phrase is usually a group of words with some special idiomatic meaning or other significance, such as "kick the bucket or all rights reserved.
As a sentence: She was going to kick …
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definition if/then construction (dependent)
The story has multiple different meanings, and lets you interpret it the way you wish.
Are commas in these sort of examples optional? As written it has a clear subject that isn't repeated but is stil …
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semi colon usage
When a semicolon is used to join two or more ideas (parts) in a sentence, those ideas are then given equal position or rank.
Some people write with a word processor; others write with a pen or pen …
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How should these type of sentences be punctuated
Not before long he opened the event,two days before the arrival of the mayor.***
How should this sentence be punctuated with the adverbial clause. Perhaps a conjunction or em dash? These types of …
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Correct usage of en-dash/em-dash in this example
Just when you thought the world had suffered enough in 2017, Mother Nature decided it hadn’t – brewing from 25 August, Hurricane Harvey, a Category 4 hurricane, struck the southern area of the Unit …
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Essential/Non essential usage (difference in examples)
Use commas around a “nonessential clause,” which is material that is extra information and does not change the meaning of the sentence when taken out.
My brother, who is single, lives in New York Cit …
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type of usage with phrase
1.The sun shining bright and the pale blue sky forming a backdrop of the Sacre Coeur, Carl stepped into his future as a traveler and observer.
2.He won his favorite competition, the long jump, and br …
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Distinction with phrases/usage
The sun overhead and the sky clear, Carl stepped into his future.
What is the difference between this absolute phrase and introductory phrases like in these other two examples?
Trying to be kind, …
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Usage of that/and
The feeling you get when you re-discover a song from your teenage years you had completely forgotten existed and actually liked.
Should there be either an and or that just before you? Or are the …
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