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Wed 24 Sep, 2014 10:34 pm
Are my sentences correct?:
Dear William
I owe you a response/reply. (The) Next time we see each other on campus, if we have no class(es), we should talk something over. But if you are too busy or if you don't want to do so, assume I have never asked.
Yours sincerely
WB Yeats
(I'm not sure whether the comma after WILLIAM/SINCERELY is optional)
@WBYeats,
It's standard practice to put the commas in, in letter writing.
emails are different.
@McTag,
Thank you~
But are the sentences above natural English?
@WBYeats,
Yes, once you take out the ( ) and the / alternatives.
@WBYeats,
WB there's a trend to omit commas
However you do need the one after "so" while you
have to delete the one after "class(es)"
@McTag,
Do you mean 'no classes' is wrong and only the singular 'class' is possible?
@WBYeats,
No, I don't mean that.
Quote: while you have to delete the one after "class(es)"
That is wrong. The clause "if we have no classes" stands on its own and needs a comma after it.
@McTag,
Quote: The clause "if we have no classes" stands on its own and needs a comma after it.
Mac there may in fact be such a technicality but common sense refutes it
Other opinions welcome
@dalehileman,
Quote: but common sense refutes it
It's by no means a technicality.
Your "common sense" gets you to the strangest places.
@McTag,
Quote:Your "common sense" gets you to the strangest places.
Maybe it's the environment
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