Consider the following example: Apples are healthy and consequently serve as a powerful tool in preventing diseases. Where should I place a comma (or commas) in the above sentence? If I change the above example to: Apples are healthy and consequently they serve as a powerful tool in preventing diseases. Where should I place a … Read more
I’d like to know when it is required to repeat the pronoun after a clause or an interjection within the same phrase. For example, which of these two phrases would be considered correct: I’ve recently sold my first book, a period drama which I’ve written years ago, and I have another book optioned. I’ve recently … Read more
I found this example online of a "synthesis of sentences" question for joining two simple sentences into one compound sentence. Larry watches the news. Bill makes news. The site has two solutions give for this question. Larry watches the news, but Bill makes news. or: Larry watches the news; Bill makes news. I have always … Read more
In this sentence He took the money home, and was subsequently arrested on unrelated charges and is now in prison. Can somebody please tell me if the punctuation is sufficient and properly placed? I know the rule of comma before conj if it is connecting two independent clauses, but in my sentence, I am confused … Read more
I have a compound sentence: It’s bad, and we should not do it. How can transform it into direct question? Should I invert the word order in both parts of the sentence or only in the first one? Answer @Davo’s version Is it bad, and should we not do it? is grammatically fine, and a … Read more
I was studying sentence patterns and I came across the following sentence in a mini test after the explanation on the same website. Hockey players are careful but they still get hurt often The site labels the sentence as compound but I have a sentence in my book which is labelled as simple which is … Read more
Are both these sentences correct? If so, why does one require a comma and not the other? Jeff told me that the job was still available and that the manager wanted to interview me. Jeff told me that the job was still available, and the manager wanted to interview me. Answer The first sentence is … Read more
I have two sentences: 1) Do something. 2) That (the action you performed) will make another thing happen. I’m trying to combine these sentences into one, as they sound dumb to me when used separately. So far I think it should be like this: Do something, which will make another thing happen. but I’m not … Read more
This one always gets me. How do I introduce an idea and then state it in the same sentence? Does it simply require a colon? That’s because we have one goal: for you to consider your website a success. Answer There are numerous different ways to express ideas in a single sentence. Your use of … Read more
I wonder whether it is ok to combine i.e. or that is with in this example. Consider that an example meeting situation has been described already and John has been introduced. The document also describes other examples so I tend to use in this example. The following sounds good for me: The task of writing … Read more
