The accepted punctuation when using "however" to join two clauses is to surround it with a semicolon at the beginning and a comma afterwards. For example: Igor was on time for work each morning; however, he usually took two hours off for lunch and sometimes left the office early.
If it is used at the beginning of a sentence you need a coma after it. For example: Igor was on time for work each morning. However, he usually took two hours off for lunch and sometimes left early.
If it used in the middle of a sentence not joining clauses it is surrounded with comas. For example: Igor was on time for work each morning. He did, however, usually take two hours off for lunch and sometimes left early.
Finally if it is used at the end of a sentence it needs a coma before it. For example: Igor was on time for work each morning. He usually took two hours off for lunch and sometimes left early, however.
This punctuation can be quite subjective, as you do not know what the writer meant intentionally. That is why people use punctuation, to make meaning clear.I believe the correct punctuation for this sentence is:That that is, is; that that is not, is not. Is that it? It is!(That which exists, exists; that which does not exist, does not exist. Is that about it? Yep!)
It should be--- I asked my friend,"When is your birthday?"
Most people use commas incorrectly. They either don't use them(,) even when the sentence needs a comma. Or, a writer, uses, too, many commas, and makes, the sentence, confusing, such as in this sentence. NOTE: Extra commas in the above sentence are used to show the problem with using too many commas. Please do NOT 'correct' that sentence.
I'd use He, Or She, depending on the gender of the teacher. Then I would say:He looked like her and Claire's creepy music teacher.
The correct punctuation for the sentence "George Gray said, 'Mary Beth is on the phone.'" is to place a comma after "said" and to use single quotation marks around "Mary Beth is on the phone."
Use the correct grammar,spelling, punctuation's and the words...
No, that is not the correct spelling.The correct spelling is punctuation.An example sentence is:It is important to use the correct punctuation when writing an essay.
This punctuation can be quite subjective, as you do not know what the writer meant intentionally. That is why people use punctuation, to make meaning clear.I believe the correct punctuation for this sentence is:That that is, is; that that is not, is not. Is that it? It is!(That which exists, exists; that which does not exist, does not exist. Is that about it? Yep!)
Whether it is technically correct to use both dashes and parentheses in the same sentence would depend on the structure of the sentence. On a practical level, however, that much punctuation might tend to confuse your readers.
It should be--- I asked my friend,"When is your birthday?"
Most people use commas incorrectly. They either don't use them(,) even when the sentence needs a comma. Or, a writer, uses, too, many commas, and makes, the sentence, confusing, such as in this sentence. NOTE: Extra commas in the above sentence are used to show the problem with using too many commas. Please do NOT 'correct' that sentence.
I'd use He, Or She, depending on the gender of the teacher. Then I would say:He looked like her and Claire's creepy music teacher.
Do I need to use a period after the abbreviation of the word etc.? What is the correct punctuation for ending a sentence with etc.?
The correctly punctuated sentence is: "Do you know how to run this machine?" asked Ben. (You do not use a comma because of the question mark. - US punctuation rule)
All sentences use punctuation, if only a period at the end.
The correct punctuation for the sentence "George Gray said, 'Mary Beth is on the phone.'" is to place a comma after "said" and to use single quotation marks around "Mary Beth is on the phone."
Correct punctuation is the proper use of punctuation marks within a sentence to provide a clear meaning, where a change in punctuation can alter that meaning. Examples: "This bus goes downtown." (statement) "This bus goes downtown?" (question) --- The boy said, "Let's eat, Grandma!" The boy said, "Let's eat Grandma." (he's a cannibal?)