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Punctuation for lists
I have a sentence like this:
As you can see, there are two projects "project1" and "project2", where the latter uses the global wrapper functions defined in "project1" project.
My question is ...
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You don't want to answer this word-placement question, now do you?
Prompted by this question I got to thinking about the placement of the word now.
If it's placed before the comma, it refers to an immediate condition:
You don't want to answer this word-placement ...
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Placement of “[Whispers.]” in a dialogue line [closed]
A book containing a transcription of some historical conversation has someone by the name Fred asking a question:
Fred: "What is the recipe for Orange Julius?" [Whispers.]
George: "No, it is ...
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How does one correctly punctuate a sentence that declares that one has a question? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Punctuation with “The question is…” '.', '?' or ' “… ?” '
Position of question mark when sentence doesn't end ...
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Question regarding sentence structure in a NY Times article about Michelle Obama
In a NY Times article titled "Michelle Obama and the Evolution of a First Lady", there is this sentence:
Rahm Emanuel, then chief of staff, repeated the first lady’s criticisms to colleagues with ...
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Correct punctuation of a phrase?
Knowledge is expensive. But even more so, is stupidity.
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Knowledge is expensive. But, stupidity is even more so.
I'm very confused as to the correct punctuation and order or the above ...
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Use of “only” and word-order
I'm writing an automobile website and some of my paragraphs contain the word "only".
I understand the following. As far as I'm aware, this is right:
Only the Volkswagen Polo, Golf, Passat, Passat ...
