Me and a friend are arguing on which is correct. Which one would be more correct and why? When cholera did break out in Britain Farr believed, like Chadwick, that it was caused by miasma. or When cholera did break out in Britain, Farr believed, like Chadwick, that it was caused by miasma. Answer The … Read more
I’m not a native english speaker. I have been taught in school that if you use a comma, you should not use and after it. I went to university, my university teacher said the same and he said that if i don’t follow that rule, I’ll fail my Toefl exam. I was reading the FAQ … Read more
I was asking a question and while formulating the content, I made the following sentence/phrase: What I am facing trouble with, is; referencing…. Is my usage of comma(,) and semi-colon(;) correct? Or is (one of?) the following usage correct: What I am facing trouble with is; referencing ## No comma after what What I am … Read more
I have seen many sentences like this: “Capitalism, Socialism, and Anarchism” and this: “She was happy, and cheerful” Do we have to use a comma before “and”, or is it incorrect? If it is not, then why? Answer For two items, the use of a comma between elements of a list is forbidden I would … Read more
For some reason my brain tells me that the following sentence is grammatically correct… Thanks, John. Your gift was much appreciated. Instead of… Thanks John, your gift was much appreciated. Which should I use? Answer John in your sentence is a noun in the vocative case (the case used for the noun identifying the person, … Read more
Looking for One should keep his words both soft and tender on Google, I noticed that in some cases because is preceded from a comma. Can the comma always be added before because, or can it be added just in specific cases? I am used to sentences like the following, where I have never added … Read more
He had four sons who became doctors. He had four sons, who became doctors. Is there any difference in intonation between restrictive and nonrestrictive relative clauses? Answer Sentences Imagine a long piece of writing. If you look at the grammar, you will see that everything is organised into ‘chunks’. So if we look at the … Read more
For example, the definition given from the OALD for pronoun is the following one: a word that is used instead of a noun or noun phrase, for example he, it, hers, me, them, etc. If I would rewrite it as the following, would the mean change? a word that is used instead of a noun, … Read more
“So what happened to you two?” said Harry. “Well, I got back all right,” said Hermione. “I brought Ron round – that took a while – and we were dashing up to the owlery to contact Dumbledore when we met him in the entrance hall – he already knew – he just said, ‘Harry’s gone … Read more
