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2008-10-04 Correlative Conjunctions: Ruth, I would write the sentence this way to follow the rule: The newspaper reported that not only the hurricane, but the ensuing floods also caused millions of dollars worth of damage. Also...
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2008-10-02 complements: Nora, Try this: Mississippi riverboat - subject passing - participle agrees with subject by Davenport - prepositional phrase gave - predicate Bix Biederbeck - indirect object his first...
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2008-09-30 to comma or not to comma: Greg, You're dealing with what is called direct address. The person(s) spoken to (John) is set off from the rest of the sentence by a comma. Mary, wash the dishes and sweep the floor. May I have...
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2008-09-27 when: Joe, In your example the man who gave us the money, the who clause is not a relative clause. Rather, it is an essential or restrictive clause since it defines or tells us who the man is. It is called...
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2008-09-26 sentence: Netty, Other than being a bit too long, I really don't see anything grammatically wrong with the sentence. The word "be" is missing after "may". You might also make that clause non-essential or non-restrictive...
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