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Hello,i am learning grammar, by helping people getting food.I find out couple sentences, which i don't understand i don't know how would i express these sentences for google to find them.So i paste multiple, to which i can i get answers:I am [busy;] otherwise I would go with you. - Why is there ; ?He said, "They said, '[Okay.'"] - No idea why dot is here instead of one place to the right.(This is a complete [sentence.)] - why is dot inside (), i some sentences is outside, don't know example currently.["Help!"] he yelled. - why there is no , after !"I [lay] in bed this morning. - why this is corrent isteaf of "laid"Thank you for answers. (Links removed by moderator—the website referred to is named in the post title)

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

"i" is the ninth letter of the English alphabet. It does not refer to a person. Letters do not "get answers." Letters can't understand anything; they have no brains.

Always write I when you refer to yourself.

anonymousI am [busy;] otherwise I would go with you. - Why is there ; ?

The semicolon is used to join two independent clauses. There are two sentences:

1. I am busy.
2. Otherwise I would go with you.

"Otherwise" is an adverb. Adverbs are not conjunctions. You must put a semicolon after the first main clause when you join it to a second main clause.

Example: my earlier sentence:

1. Letters can't understand anything; they have no brains.
2. Letters can't understand anything because they have no brains.

In sentence 2, there is a subordinating conjunction (because). So no punctuation is used after the first main clause.

Read this for more information: http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/conjunctiveadverb.htm

anonymous(This is a complete [sentence.)] - why is dot inside (), i some sentences is outside, don't know example currently.

There are two punctuation marks beside each other, for example, a quotation mark and a full stop (period). In the US, the quotation mark is placed last. In the UK, there are other rules. That is why you see different styles.

In quoted speech, when there is a question mark or an exclamation point which ends the sentence, there is no comma.

"I don't care," she said. "What do you think?"
"I don't care," she said, "what you think."
"What do you mean?" he replied.
"What do you mean, 'What do I mean?'" Alberta sniffed.

It is complicated, but you can read about combining punctuation marks here. The examples above are from this article.

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/quotation.htm

anonymousI [lay] in bed this morning. - why this is corrent isteaf of "laid"

"Lay" is the irregular past form of the verb "lie."

"Laid" is the irregular past form of the verb "lay."

These two verbs confuse learners a lot. Read here:

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/lay-or-lie

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