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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

Idioms and their specific punctuation

Hello my friends,
As an English teacher, I am looking for a good sources about idioms (expressions) and their proper punctuation. As you know, most of the common idioms used have specific punctuation. For example:

After all, .... . (We need a comma after "After all" at the beginning of the sentence.)
Believe it or not, ... . (We need a comma "Believe it or not".)
That's kind of you. (A period required after this one.)
etc

Do you know any related source explaining these idioms and their suitable punctuation?

Thank you.
  

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Anonymous As you know, most of the common idioms used have specific punctuation. No, not really. You seem to be presenting adverbial or comment phrases, not idioms.

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous As you know, most of the common idioms used have specific punctuation.
  • No, not really.
  • You seem to be presenting adverbial or comment phrases, not idioms.
  • Anonymous That's kind of you.
  • ) Not at all, but only when it is a sentence in itself: That's kind of yo u, but I can do it myself.
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AnonymousAs you know, most of the common idioms used have specific punctuation.
No, not really. You seem to be presenting adverbial or comment phrases, not idioms.
AnonymousThat's kind of you. (A period required after this one.)
Not at all, but only when it is a sentence in itself:

That's kind of you, but
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