Posted by Robb on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 1:55pm.
The patient -- in a fit of anger -- thrust his hand through a sliding glass door. It's correct as is, but a space before and after each dash usually sets it off better, makes each dash look like a dash instead of a double-hyphen!
The twins were a lot alike; they both ate too much. OK
On May 30, he suffered a stroke, although he did not realize it; thankfully, he finally saw a doctor on June 2, or else he probably would have had another stroke. No comma needed before "although" since it's introducing a dependent clause.
Correctly punctuated greeting for a business letter?
Dear Dr. Jones, Colon needed, not a comma.
He was prescribed; Carafate 1 g 4 times daily, 40 minutes after each meal, Reglan 5 mg at bedtime, aspirin p.r.n.
Delete the semicolon; there should be no punctuation at all there. The other commas look correct.
For got to indent on the letter part.
Dear Dr. Jones is not indented, but is flush with the left margin.
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