![]() ![]() When should the pronoun "He" be capitalized in reference to God? Or should it ever be capitalized?Ĭlemmons, North Carolina Sun, Jun 27, 1999 Like is helpful for making comparisons, such as for giving examples. Someone pointed out to me that our neighbors were not like these places at all: they were the Mark Twain House, the UConn Law School, and St. When writing about my own college, I once wrote that we were surrounded by neighbors like the Mark Twain House, the UConn Law School, and St. Contract merchandisers like UBI and RepsUSA.Contract merchandisers such as UBI and RepsUSA.What rules govern the use of "such as" versus "like"? For instance: Used with the permission of Oxford University Press. Burchfield makes it a toss-up the online Merriam-Webster's seems to prefer "strived."Īuthority: The New Fowler's Modern English Usage edited by R.W. Which choice is correct? "Throughout my career, I have _ to accomplish tasks promptly and precisely." (Should I write strived or striven?) The separation of the "who" and the "of them" is clumsy, in my opinion, and the "over who" is just asking for trouble. That's one situation where the "which" works better than its replacement. An argument started among them over who would be the greatest of them. ![]() An argument started among them over which of them would be the greatest.You're not crazed, just confused like the rest of us. #Passed vs past fullLet me change your surgeon general statement a bit, turning the "because" element into a full clause: "Women should not drink alcoholic beverage during pregnancy because the risk of birth defects doubles with alcoholic consumption." (The information is essential, no commas.) I hope this helps. In Gregg's second sentence, the "because clause" is absolutely necessary to our understanding of why you took "that course of action" (or didn't, in this casebut it really has nothing to do with the use of the negative). Is the clause that is introduced by because essential to the meaning of the sentence or not? In Gregg's first sentence, the "because clause" is added on the main, first clause can stand by itself without itso the "because clause" gets set off by a comma. That's a pretty good example, really, of what is really a fairly simple test. When do you use a comma before this word? I am crazed. Do these examples imply that if there is a negative used in the independent clause, then you will need a comma before the word because? Should there be a comma (other than the first) in the following sentence : According to the surgeon general, women should not drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy because of the risk of birth defects. I based my decision on another reason altogether.'" ![]() "'I'm not taking that course of action, because I distrust Harry's recommendations.' BUT 'I'm not taking that course of action because I distrust Harry's recommendations. I am having difficulty with the comma and the word "because." In the Gregg Reference Manual, they give this example: The Grammar Logs - Number Three Hundred, Thirty The ![]()
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