Wed 2 Mar, 2022 08:30 am - My editor keeps putting commas in that, technically, are correct, but I think are unnecessary in some cases, and only slow down the reader. For example:
"Thus, net mortality was rising even... (view)
Fri 3 Jul, 2015 02:48 pm - Tes,
OK, I think I get it. I just looked up "gerund" in Wikipedia, and their example
"The teacher's shouting startled the student."
make clear why the gerund takes... (view)
Fri 3 Jul, 2015 02:01 pm - OK, I know about putting the possessive apostrophe, and all your other examples make sense, but I don't understand why
...the legislators' being arrested...
is possessive. (view)
Fri 3 Jul, 2015 12:24 pm - From the NYT:
"Other than the two most powerful legislators' being arrested...."
Question: Why is there an apostrophe on "legislators'?" (view)
