It also doesn't like when you have some parenthetical comment offset with commas. For some reason it does disregard dashes, so I've taken to...
Knowing which punctuation marks to use and when to use them makes a huge difference in how often you see the green "wavy" lines in MS Word. This...
I guess I always found it superfluous because I could understand what going on in the sentence without having to break it down into some...
Not to sound like a prick, but why do you want to diagram sentences? There really isn't much practical reason for doing so.
I think the proper procedure is to use a comma after the abbreviations for et alia and id est while omitting it it the complete word. "The...
I would think it has to do with how necessary the adverb is to the basic idea of the sentence. In your first sentence, the "then" is important...
This is in part correct. You do not use a comma here. That much is correct. The reasoning you use, however, is not correct. You don't use a...
That is what it appears, Mammamaia. The second sentence of the passive example doesn't really have to be made passive. It's fine as "The...
Why include a person at all? I would think that when writing instructions, using the passive voice is perfectly alright. It is, at least, when...
I personally like MLA, although I might be a little bit influenced by six years of indoctrination in that school of thought. Having said that, I...
No, it's grammatically correct. If you really do care about grammar and still want things to be in that order, rework the sentence thus: I awoke...
Better: Robbing myself of a good night's sleep, I awoke early.
A progressive participle cannot modify a verb. A progressive participle is an adjective by nature, and thus it must modify a noun. Adverbs...
Sentences can end with prepositions as long as there is an object for them previously in the sentence. Okay: Don't forget to pick the money up....
Did the original poster say why "foreshadowing" isn't sufficient? Other words: harbinger (a word I wish I saw more of) portent (overused to the...
Separate names with a comma.
