Essays Tagged: "Comma"

Commas

Many writers think it is a good idea to sprinkle commas every few places in therewriting, but this makes for difficult reading.Here are some places c ... fficult reading.Here are some places commas should not be used:* After and, but, and or, unless the comma sets off a dependent clause (a phrasewhich can't stand alone as a sentence).Examples:Wrong- Bu ... o be fair, she did get it done on time.* Between a month and year in a date: NOT November, 1990,The comma stops two sets of numerals from running into one another. WRIGHTNovember 20, 1990.* Some style ...

(1 pages) 58 0 3.7 Mar/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Grammar

Managerial accounting and financial accounting.

nt accounting is concentrated towards managers of organizations to assist them in management [Needs comma] making decisions and plan the company's operations. It revolves around the inner management t ...

(3 pages) 394 0 4.9 Sep/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

About His Person Analysis

. This in itself is strange because it isn't normal to carry around that exact amount of money. The comma on line one helps to exaggerate the fact that this isn't normal and we are mad to think of pos ... uld definitely be a metaphor for his life, it has finished but he hasn't done anything with it. The commas in this section make us read the words slower and help us to realise something wrong with the ...

(5 pages) 8990 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Ivan Denisovich Translations

etts version; the fragmented Russian translation connected into flowing sentences by the use of the comma. Willetts' version contrasts with the flow in its short sentences in a fractured style. Withou ... etts' version contrasts with the flow in its short sentences in a fractured style. Without its many commas and lacking the brevity of Willett is the Bantam version of the book. Here the sentences are ...

(2 pages) 2024 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Euthanasia - Are We Playing God?

ystem consisting of ventilator intravenous feedings and antibiotic. For three days he remained in a comma. The attending physician informed the Herbert family of the poor prognosis. The family drafted ...

(8 pages) 19 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

The sound of a memory

ome quicker wording to describe the landscape, which is broken up into short, incomplete ideas with commas. He introduces a multitude of ideas when he describes, "Hills leeched of color,// the desert ... . "Hills leeched of color," is on a line by itself and it's followed by a pause. After the pause, a comma, a new idea begins. It is read quickly, and then there is nothing. He repeats the process with ...

(6 pages) 1248 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Book report on strunk and whit

gs such as using 's when you are talking about plural, adding 's to make a noun possessive, putting commas where they are needed and breaking sentences off properly. On the other hand, White is talkin ... essive singular of nouns by adding 's. This shows that a noun is owned by a another noun. Placing a comma before a conjunction introducing an independent clause. If there is a comma placed in the midd ...

(2 pages) 1201 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

The book Elements of Style by

gs such as using 's when you are talking about plural, adding 's to make a noun possessive, putting commas where they are needed and breaking sentences off properly. On the other hand, White is talkin ... essive singular of nouns by adding 's. This shows that a noun is owned by a another noun. Placing a comma before a conjunction introducing an independent clause. If there is a comma placed in the midd ...

(2 pages) 1210 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Analying Emily Dickinson

out having to chose a particular one consistently (44). Thus, unlike Todd and Higginson's period or comma, the reader can decide whether to close the phrase or merely pause.Reinserting the "+"s with t ... pretation of the poem without directing her views with editorial comments like changing a dash to a comma, un-capitalizing a key word, or regularizing a line break. My discussion of the importance of ...

(2 pages) 1413 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

Euthanasia With Consent From The Affected Individu

and suffering. A family has the option to "unplug" a family member from life support if they are in comma or perhaps their brain dead. Often, the patient in the comma does not have any communicable op ... e; shouldn't it be a felony to force pain and suffering onto someone? Many people fall into commas and some become brain dead. In the case of this event taking place, the family of the victim ...

(3 pages) 10 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Euthenasia

What I Learned in English this Year

erary world, and I feel I have made significant strides in my writing process. By the proper use of commas, transitions, and supportive quotes, I transform my mediocre essay into a well composed, inte ... taken a step in the right direction by entering into school again?.Without the correct placement of commas an essay is very difficult to read.Throughout the semester, correct placement of commas has a ...

(2 pages) 80 0 4.3 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

How do the writers present aspects of childhood in the three poems Piano, My parents kept me from children who were rough and Half past two.

e to go home, now time and TVtime” This shows his childlike characteristics, as there are many comma’s putting forth a list like effect, and also he uses enjambment as an effective tool.In P ...

(5 pages) 25 0 3.0 Apr/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Comparative Essays

Character Analysis Lewis Medlock

o asking for help. Lewis could not stand the pain of the compound fracture and his body goes into a comma. This is where Lewis was defeated.While Bobby and Ed were held at gunpoint and being sexually ...

(8 pages) 0 0 0.0 Apr/2012

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Hollander

nstructions, the two most common errors I found while proofreading my writing draft, were misuse of commas and common spelling errors also known as typos. I plan to avoid these errors in the future.Mi ... nd common spelling errors also known as typos. I plan to avoid these errors in the future.Misuse of commas was a common error I found while proofreading my writing draft. The error was found mostly wh ...

(2 pages) 2 0 0.0 Sep/2014

Subjects: Humanities Essays