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Asl Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Grammar check/suggestions
Hi all 
Trying to start an essay but the opening line doesn't seem to flow. Hope one of you good folks can help:
"Robert Frost’s poem Mending Wall questions the validity of the old saying ‘Good fences make good neighbours’"
Trying to start an essay but the opening line doesn't seem to flow. Hope one of you good folks can help:
"Robert Frost’s poem Mending Wall questions the validity of the old saying ‘Good fences make good neighbours’"
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American style. " The British style requires that you place the punctuation marks outside the quotations.
- American style.
- " The British style requires that you place the punctuation marks outside the quotations.
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American style.
Robert Frost's poem, "Mending Wall," questions the validity of the old saying, "Good fences make good neighbours."
The British style requires that you place the punctuation marks outside the quotations.
Robert Frost's poem, "Mending Wall," questions the validity of the old saying, "Good fences make good neighbours."
The British style requires that you place the punctuation marks outside the quotations.
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Robert Frost’s poem 'Mending Wall' questions the validity of the old saying ‘Good fences make good neighbours.’
It flows fine. The punctuation was wrong, that's all.
It flows fine. The punctuation was wrong, that's all.
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MeathawkAmerican style.Robert Frost's poem, "Mending Wall," questions the validity of the old saying, "Good fences make good neighbours."The British style requires that you place the punctuation marks outside the quotations.The title is not parenthetical, so there should be no commas. The way you have it, Frost wrote only this one poem. The comma after "sayin
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You are correct enoon. I do not know what I was thinking. I would like to blame it on it being very very late at night.
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