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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
How to use this in the middle of the sentence
Hi,
Please tell me how I can use the word "etc." properly if I want to use it in the middle of the sentence.
When you talk about things like jobs, schools, hobbies, etc., it is very ...
I am asking because I usually see them like this: etc...
Please tell me how I can use the word "etc." properly if I want to use it in the middle of the sentence.
When you talk about things like jobs, schools, hobbies, etc., it is very ...
I am asking because I usually see them like this: etc...
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" properly if I want to use it in the middle of the sentence. , it is very ... I am asking because I usually see them like this: etc...
- " properly if I want to use it in the middle of the sentence.
- , it is very ...
- I am asking because I usually see them like this: etc...
- ' very rarely.
- "jobs, schools and hobbies" are enough examples to give.
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AnonymousI use 'etc.' very rarely. "jobs, school
Hi,
Please tell me how I can use the word "etc." properly if I want to use it in the middle of the sentence.
When you talk about things like jobs, schools, hobbies, etc., it is very ...
I am asking because I usually see them like this: etc...
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0 I am trying to use "i.e." in a sentence, I am going for a walk, i.e., in the park. 0-
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0 Use "i.e." to mean "that is." 02 br
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00 Let's say your friend's father smokes cigarettes, but his wife has been nagging him to quit. He pretends he no longer smokes, she pretends to believe him, but eveyone knows he still sneaks out for them. Someone asks where he is, and she say, "Oh, he's gone out for a stroll, i.e., to sneak a smoke, but I expect he'll be back shortly,
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00 Let's say your friend's father smokes cigarettes, but his wife has been nagging him to quit. He pretends he no longer smokes, she pretends to believe him, but eveyone knows he still sneaks out for them. Someone asks where he is, and she say, "Oh, he's gone out for a stroll, i.e., to sneak a smoke, but I expect he'll be back shortly,
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10 Let's say your friend's father smokes cigarettes, but his wife has been nagging him to quit. He pretends he no longer smokes, she pretends to believe him, but eveyone knows he still sneaks out for them. Someone asks where he is, and she say, "Oh, he
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GG,
i would not have commented on much here, except that your are presumptively GG.
your sentense ends in a dangling preposition. this has long been accepted but has equally long been akward, incomplete and ugly. i suggest that everyone fight the urge to dangle and with a little forthought construct more elegant text. while writting one usually has plenty of time to avoid this, and i
i would not have commented on much here, except that your are presumptively GG.
your sentense ends in a dangling preposition. this has long been accepted but has equally long been akward, incomplete and ugly. i suggest that everyone fight the urge to dangle and with a little forthought construct more elegant text. while writting one usually has plenty of time to avoid this, and i
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Upon receiving such pedantic criticism, Winston Churchill, a very famous writer, made an equally famous response:
Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.
The strict edict against ending sentences with a preposition is a long-standing myth of grammar and now regarded as pure poppycock.
It is along the lines of the same silly rule: do n
Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.
The strict edict against ending sentences with a preposition is a long-standing myth of grammar and now regarded as pure poppycock.
It is along the lines of the same silly rule: do n
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Stephen,
I normally would not have commented either. However, you don't capitalize although you know that you should. You attribute this to your laziness, while requesting others to use a little forethought for the sake of elegant text.
By the way, you misspelled sentence, awkward, for
I normally would not have commented either. However, you don't capitalize although you know that you should. You attribute this to your laziness, while requesting others to use a little forethought for the sake of elegant text.
By the way, you misspelled sentence, awkward, for
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