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Punctuate a fragment that stands for a complete thought the same way you would punctuate the complete thought that it stands for. ...Q Where was he?...A At the beach. He was alone....A He was at t...

When the "if" clause at the end of the sentence is a modifier for a word in the main clause, there is no comma. ...I will go if I can scrape the money together. ...She will call if she gets there...

Often the grammar of the sentence determines the one-word/two-word difference for the word sometime. If it is the object of a preposition, it has to be two words. ...for some time... ...at som...

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Though there are some nuances I am omitting here, picking out a dependent clause is about finding the subject and verb and then checking for a word out in the front that goes with that subject and ...

The difference between a dependent clause and a prepositional phrase is that the clause has a subject and a verb. ...We will meet after dinner. (phrase) ...We will meet after we eat. (clause) ......

We see this same pattern often: We have finished a sentence; then we throw in something that renames the subject of that sentence. ...We decided to spend the weekend away -- my husband and I....Th...

...The key that was hidden on the premises -- is it the one you used to get in that night? "The key that was hidden on the premises" is the start of a sentence that never gets finished. Then the ...

The word “that” is a problem in a clause in that it doesn’t always have something that it is doing in the clause it starts and can therefore be left out. It is equally correct to say. ...I know th...