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doubts on punctuation and grammar
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peiolei
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doubts on punctuation and grammar
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I am correcting a peer �s paper, and I have doubts on two aspects: (I would appreciate your help)
Must we write a comma after "According to ---"? Which one is correct?
According to the author distance education can be...
According to the author, distance education can be...
Is it "reach TO the conclusion" or "reach the conclusion"? I have written it in google and there is 1 million of results of the first option and 20 million of the second expression. Furthermore, in the Oxford Superlex dictionary I have found the second version, but I �m still not sure.
Thanks in advance,
Paola |
3 Apr 2010
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Kate (kkcat)
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Hello,
yes, there should be a comma after �according to �.
I �ve always used �reach the conclusion � but
�come to the conclusion�,
Have a good day
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4 Apr 2010
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mena22
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Kate is absolutely right. We say "come to the conclusion", but "reach the conclusion".
Happy Easter/ Spring to you all.
mena |
4 Apr 2010
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