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Believer Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Three questions in a row
1. Do you think I need to put a comma in the place indicated. This sentence was seen without a comma and I was wondering why? Is that because it is essential to convey the originally intended meaning?
If you go there, you can read a book (, ???) floating on the water.
2. I have encountered this type of greeting often and have been wondering whether the given response is appropriate and if it is, why it is so. Is the word "it" referring to anything in this instance? Is it here for the mere sake of making a sentence?
(coming to one's house and knocking at the door)
AA: Who is it?
BB: It is John, your friend.
3. When you are tellling when your birthday is, how would say the "day" part? Should I pronounce the word "th" for that part?
A: When is your birthday?
B: It is September 4 (th ???), 1994.
If you go there, you can read a book (, ???) floating on the water.
2. I have encountered this type of greeting often and have been wondering whether the given response is appropriate and if it is, why it is so. Is the word "it" referring to anything in this instance? Is it here for the mere sake of making a sentence?
(coming to one's house and knocking at the door)
AA: Who is it?
BB: It is John, your friend.
3. When you are tellling when your birthday is, how would say the "day" part? Should I pronounce the word "th" for that part?
A: When is your birthday?
B: It is September 4 (th ???), 1994.
Top answer
1. If you go there, you can read a book (,) floating on the water . -- Are you floating on the water?
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- If you go there, you can read a book (,) floating on the water .
- -- Are you floating on the water?
- Is the book?
- Comma or no comma, it is confusing, and I suspect the writer tried to solve the problem by considering commas rather than fixing the sentence structure.
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1. If you go there, you can read a book (,) floating on the water. -- Are you floating on the water? Is the book? Comma or no comma, it is confusing, and I suspect the writer tried to solve the problem by considering commas rather than fixing the sentence structure.
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AA: Who is it?
BB: It is John, your friend. -- The it is the knock
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AA: Who is it?
BB: It is John, your friend. -- The it is the knock
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