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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
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changes in the punctuation of ''to form the plural...

0Please consider these sentences:02br
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01b00102b00: 01b00To form the plural of most words ending in ''f'' or ''fe,'' add an ''s.''02b02br
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01b00202b00: 01b00To form the plural of 01font00the02font00 00most00 words ending in ''f'' or ''fe01font00'',02font00 add an ''s01font00''.02font02b02br
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00I found sentence 1 in a certain book. In sentence 2 I have made some changes to reflect my problems with sentence 1.02br
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01b01font00 the00 most 02font01font00: I was told that 01i01u00the02u02i00 is always used in front of most. 02font02b02br
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01b00''fe01font00'', 02font01font00: Is this change correct?02font02b02br
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01b00''s01font00''. 02font01font00: Full stop belongs to entire sentence not just to 01i01u00''s''02u02i00, therefore full stop shouldn't be included in inverted commas because these inverted commas explicitly belong to01i00 s02i00.02font02b0-
  

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12font 12b 12br 12br 10I found sentence 1 in a certain book. 12br 12br 11b 11font 10 the10 most 12font 11font 10: I was told that 11i 11u 10the12u 12i 10 is always used in front of most. 12font 12b 12br 12br 11b 10''fe11font 10'', 12font 12b 11font 11b 10: Is this change correct?

— Philip

  • 12font 12b 12br 12br 10I found sentence 1 in a certain book.
  • 12br 12br 11b 11font 10 the10 most 12font 11font 10: I was told that 11i 11u 10the12u 12i 10 is always used in front of most.
  • 12font 12b 12br 12br 11b 10''fe11font 10'', 12font 12b 11font 11b 10: Is this change correct?
  • 12font 12b 12font 12br 12br 11b 10''s11font 10''.
  • 12font 12b 11font 11b 10: Full stop belongs to entire sentence not just to 11i 11u 10''s''12u 12i 10, therefore full stop shouldn't be included in inverted commas because these inverted commas explicitly belong to11i 10 s12i 10.
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01cite10Jackson661212cite10Please consider these sentences:12br
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11b10112b10: 11b10To form the plural of most words ending in ''f'' or ''fe,'' add an ''s.''12b12br
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11b10212b10: 11b10To form the plural of 11font
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01cite10Jackson661212cite12br
11b11font12font12b12br
11b10''fe11font10'', 12font11font10: Is this change correct?12font12b12br
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11b10''s11fo
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