- punctuation - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
If you consider it to be a phrase that simply spans two lines, I'd say: Thanks, John Doe is correct Without the comma it would imply that you're thanking John Doe It's certainly the one I use personally, not that that's a particularly good back-up for this answer I can't say I've ever seen anyone use it with a " ", that just looks wrong to me
- Writing someones height. [six foot one, 6 11 . . . . ]
The versions in blue are equal to 185 centimeters, and the versions in red are equal to 211 centimeters Please be careful about what you really mean [ QUOTE] I just realized and you're right! I meant six foot one and, therefore, 6'1", not 6'11" I just wanted to know if it was better to write 6'1" or six foot one in an essay
- Which one to use: Has passed away or Had passed away?
0 I'm developing a mobile app about family tree that the user can put information whether someone in their family tree is already passed away or not If a user open a profile of another user where that user was reported dead, which one is the correct one to use: He has passed away at March 3, 2017 He had passed away at March 3, 2017
- ride to ones rescue - WordReference Forums
"ride to someone's rescue" is an idiom meaning "come to someone's rescue " Ride into their lives like a savior on a horse Remember to search: ride to the rescue
- Why do people, incorrectly, begin a sentence with the word But?
One of the worst disservices English teachers do is turn recommendations into rules, thereby sending their students into the world with a false notion of what is good and bad writing Typically, middle school students haven't learned the art of polishing their writing; they often hand in what are essentially rough drafts of fragmented thoughts:
- One word for clothes, shoes and accessories - WordReference Forums
I am looking for one word for clothes, shoes and accessories <Unedited post reinstated Nat, Moderator>
- What is a Hanging Sentence? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
1 I am having trouble understanding one of the comments made by my supervisor on the latest draft of our scientific paper She commented on the first sentence of the draft (Introduction section), she said that the sentence is hanging Here is my sentence: Crowd tragedies continue to take lives all over the world btw
- , for one. or . For one, (an SAT question) - WordReference Forums
And "For one" in D is completely illogical as the second item mentioned Here is the sentence with B (making it actually two sentences, which is the problem): - During the decades-long movement to codify the rights of Latinos in the US, certain events were pivotal: the founding of labor rights group El Teatro Campesino in 1965, for one The
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