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Aug 20 |
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Is “what on earth” still commonly used in real life? Is there any alternative that is not cursing or obscene? "On earth" is still common, as is "in the world" used the same way. |
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May 7 |
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How should I punctuate around quotes? -1 The question is about a detail in the American style. Stating that the British style is better gives us no information requested in the question. |
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May 7 |
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How should I punctuate around quotes? Shouldn't the second example use quotation marks around the question? |
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May 4 |
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Is it acceptable to nest parentheses? @Noldorin Isn't it strange that the nesting in mathematics [()] is the reverse of English ([])? |
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May 3 |
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Is it acceptable to nest parentheses? @Noldorin Your comment is supported by Harbrace College Handbook section 17g: "Use brackets . . . when necessary, to replace parentheses within parentheses. |
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Apr 28 |
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“All right” vs. “alright” "Alright" is sub-standard usage. |
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Apr 12 |
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Is there any difference in meaning to start a two-clause sentence with “As” or “Because”? +1 Even at the beginning of a sentence, "as" is less clear and "because" should be used. |
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Apr 7 |
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“Decide on” vs. “decide” +1 for deprecating superfluous words. |
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Apr 7 |
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How would you properly show deletion of unnecessary text in a quote? The ellipsis mark is three spaced periods. Many people erroneously omit the spaces. |
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Apr 2 |
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Punctuating an attribution +1 I think you're right; no need for a comma. |
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Mar 13 |
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Comma after To at the beginning of a sentence The rule of thumb is that a clause of 5 words or longer should have a comma. |
