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Commas are tricky things, especially when subordinates and conjunctions are involved. 逗号的运用是很讲究技巧的，尤其是当从属关联词和连词也一并参与其中的时候。 If you can remember a few basic rules, a simple law of

TED演讲:逗号的故事(2)

Soon, she seems a couple of subordinates attempting to lift the weight of sentences directly in front of themselves. 不久，她看见了一些从属关联词试图举起放在他们面前的句子。 Even though Bartheleme loves to sing, he never s

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1. To join two independent clauses, use a comma followed by a conjunction, a semicolon alone, or a semicolon followed by a sentence modifier. 2. Use commas to bracket nonrestrictive phrases, which are not essential to the sentence\'s meaning. 3. Do n

雅思写作：英语写作的11条规则

1. To join two independent clauses, use a comma followed by a conjunction, a semicolon alone, or a semicolon followed by a sentence modifier. 2. Use commas to bracket nonrestrictive phrases, which are not essential to the sentence/'s meaning. 3. Do n

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Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is semicolons. I get questions about semicolons a lot, so it's time to clear up some confusion. Semicolons separate things. Most commonly, they separate two main clauses that are closely related to each other but that

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图片1 Grammar Girl here. This episode is a new and improved version of i.e. versus e.g. Misusing these two abbreviations is one of the top five mistakes I used to see when editing technical documents. There's so much confusion that in some of the d

英语语法：133 When to Use a Comma with “Too”

Grammar Girl here. Today guest-writer Bonnie Trenga is going to tell us how one little comma can change the meaning of a sentence. Should we write, He has the ball too with no comma or He has the ball, too? Well, you can write the sentence either way

英语语法：134 Writing Dates

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is dates. This podcast is sponsored by GoToMyPC. Use GoToMyPC to take your office computer with you wherever you go. Visit http://gotomypc.com/podcast for your free 30 day trial. Can you believe it's already almost 20

英语语法：118 Comma Splice

By Mignon Fogarty I decided to write about comma splices because my friend Scott Sigler has a book coming out this week, Ancestor, published by Crown. Over three years ago, when he was publishing an earlier version of the book with a smaller publishe

英语语法：130 Serial Comma

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is the serial comma. Here's a listener: Hi, Grammar Girl. This is Patti from Houston... Patti and her friends are debating about the serial commathe comma that comes before the final conjunction in a list. Here's a se

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Broadcast: Feb 13, 2003 By Nancy Steinbach This is the VOA Special English Education Report. We continue our series of reports about how foreign students can study at an American college or university

TED演讲:语法的分界线 牛津逗号(2)

With the comma, you may think Bob is the DJ, and all you need is him and the puppy. 加了逗号之后你可能会以为鲍勃就是DJ，而你要叫上的是两样事物，DJ鲍勃和狗。 The argument over the Oxford comma has raised such strong p

TED演讲:语法的分界线 牛津逗号(1)

Say you're helping plan a friend's party, and he sends you a text asking you to bring Bob, a DJ and a clown. 假设你准备帮你的朋友组织一个聚会，你朋友给你发了一条短信要你记得叫上鲍勃，一个DJ和一个小丑。 You

英语单词大师：Grammar Lady

AA: Im Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- we answer some listener mail, starting with this question sent by e-mail from Siva Kumar in Madras, in Tamil Nadu, India. RS: Dear Avi and Rosanne, I would like to know the oppos

英语单词大师：Forget Chicken

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: English teacher Lida Baker explains the use of the words after and before. LIDA BAKER: I'm going to say a few sentences and I just want you to tell me two things: Is the sentence

英语语法：15 I.e. Versus E.g.

Grammar Girl here. This episode is a new and improved version of i.e. versus e.g. Misusing these two abbreviations is one of the top five mistakes I used to see when editing technical documents. There's so much confusion that in some of the drafts I

英语单词大师：Punctuation Day

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: the founder of National Punctuation Day. RS: Sunday was the day for a celebration of the lowly comma, correctly used quotes and other proper uses of periods, semicolons and the ev

英语笑话听力+文本：马有什么毛病吗？

【生词预览】 ad广告，saddle马鞍，birdle缰绳，inadvertently粗心大意地，comma逗号，Erroneously错误地 【笑话原文】 What's wrong with your horse? After his beloved horse died, a man wanted to place an ad in the newspaper

艾伦脱口秀第148期:改变职业生涯

Portia is the best, when I'm at work without her. I miss her. 波西亚是最棒的 我们后来不在一起拍摄了 我很想她 We share trailers.So I sent a little picture the other day, like I miss you. 我们共用一辆化妆车 有一天我给她

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