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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

changes in the punctuation of ''to form the plural...

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01b00102b00: 01b00To form the plural of most words ending in ''f'' or ''fe,'' add an ''s.''02b02br
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01b00202b00: 01b00To form the plural of 01font00the02font00 00most00 words ending in ''f'' or ''fe01font00'',02font00 add an ''s01font00''.02font02b02br
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00I found sentence 1 in a certain book. In sentence 2 I have made some changes to reflect my problems with sentence 1.02br
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01b01font00 the00 most 02font01font00: I was told that 01i01u00the02u02i00 is always used in front of most. 02font02b02br
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01b00''fe01font00'', 02font01font00: Is this change correct?02font02b02br
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01b00''s01font00''. 02font01font00: Full stop belongs to entire sentence not just to 01i01u00''s''02u02i00, therefore full stop shouldn't be included in inverted commas because these inverted commas explicitly belong to01i00 s02i00.02font02b0-
  

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12font 12b 12br 12br 10I found sentence 1 in a certain book. 12br 12br 11b 11font 10 the10 most 12font 11font 10: I was told that 11i 11u 10the12u 12i 10 is always used in front of most. 12font 12b 12br 12br 11b 10''fe11font 10'', 12font 12b 11font 11b 10: Is this change correct?

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01cite10Jackson661212cite10Please consider these sentences:12br
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11b10112b10: 11b10To form the plural of most words ending in ''f'' or ''fe,'' add an ''s.''12b12br
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11b10212b10: 11b10To form the plural of 11font
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01cite10Jackson661212cite12br
11b11font12font12b12br
11b10''fe11font10'', 12font11font10: Is this change correct?12font12b12br
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11b10''s11fo
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