Here is a passage from Grammar Girl (https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/weird-coordinating-conjunctions-yet-for-and-so): In a paper titled “The Myth of FANBOYS,” Brett Reynolds writes that…
I'm not sure I agree with your explanation. It's not true that "nobody spread the servers." The servers were spread…
I suspect the word "existing" (in this context) means a medical condition that is already documented in the patient's file.…
This is a good lesson, Jean. I tell students who know the basics of grammar that "affect" is a verb,…
The should’s of writing or the shoulds of writing? A plural, not a possessive, I think. Or am I being…
No. Do not capitalize after a semicolon. The capital letter is optional after a colon. I avoid grammatical terms. If…
The revisions skipped a step: The word "that" could be deleted as step 2.
Agree with Kelly (above). Also, the portion after the semi-colon should start with a capital if it forms a clause…
I submit that in items 2 and 4, it would be preferable to use a semicolon rather than a colon.…
Select/Selected also seems to be losing distinction. Too often when I see an advertisement for "Select X on sale," I…