Use commas after introductory a) clauses, b) phrases, or c) words that come before the main clause. a. Common starter words for introductory clauses that should be followed by a comma include after, although, as, because, if, since, when, while. While I was eating, the cat scratched at the door.
If found at the beginning of the sentence, “Of course” should be followed by a comma. If placed in the middle, it should be isolated by parenthetical commas. “Of course” can be used as an adverb, in which case a comma should follow it, as its purpose is to emphasize meaning.
We use of course to refer to things that are obvious or already known to the speaker and listener, or to everybody: A tropical climate is, of course, very humid, so we sweated all the time. (We use commas here, before and after of course, to show that it refers to the whole of the first clause.)
You use of course as a polite way of giving permission. "Can I just say something about the game on Saturday?"—"Yes, of course you can." You use of course in order to emphasize a statement that you are making, especially when you are agreeing or disagreeing with someone. "I guess you're right."—"Of course I'm right!"
When “then” is used as an adverb at the beginning of the sentence, however, a comma should be introduced following it. A comma after “then” is also necessary when it is preceded by a semicolon. Additionally, if “then' is used as a conjunction, placing a comma after it is not considered to be grammatically correct.
"Of course" is meant to be reassuring. "But of course" is mildly demeaning, since it implies that the question did not deserve attention. It may be acceptable when said by someone in authority to someone more junior in a family context, such as by a grandmother to a granddaughter.
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1. adverb. You say of course to suggest that something is normal, obvious, or well-known, and should therefore not surprise the person you are talking to. [spoken]
But the more pressing issue is water; people can live with global warming (and have been for some time), but people cannot live without water. While drinking water is the most obvious need, everything around us takes water to produce, from food to telephones to tires.
Our planet is not running out of water, nor is it losing water. There's about 360 quintillion gallons of water on the planet, and it's not going anywhere except in a circle. Earth's hydrologic cycle is a closed system, and the process is as old as time: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, infiltration, and so on.
The barrage of news reports warn of a dire water shortage, and provide sobering statistics: 1 The global demand for water has tripled over the last 50 years, while water tables are falling in many of the world's most populated countries, including the United States, China, and India. 2 Many of the world's great rivers are a fraction of the size they once were, and some have dried up completely. 3 Earth's lakes are vanishing at an alarming rate; the Aral Sea, for example, is less than a quarter its original size. Nevada's Lake Mead is half its original capacity; a recent study concluded that there is a 50/50 chance that the lake will be gone in less than fifteen years.
No, there is plenty of water. The problem is that the vast majority of Earth's water is contained in the oceans as saltwater, and must be desalinated before it can be used for drinking or farming.
Water conservation is very important, but not because there is a shortage of water; it is the ultimate renewable resource. As with any resource, the issue is getting it to those who need it.
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Robin McKie, science editor. Water is the driving force of all nature, Leonardo da Vinci claimed. Unfortunately for our planet, supplies are now running dry – at an alarming rate. The world’s population continues to soar but that rise in numbers has not been matched by an accompanying increase in supplies of fresh water.
More than a billion individuals – one in seven people on the planet – now lack access to safe drinking water. Last week in the Brazilian city of São Paulo, home to 20 million people, and once known as the City of Drizzle,drought got so bad that residents began drilling through basement floors and car parks to try to reach groundwater.
Comma Splices. A comma splice results when a comma is incorrectly used to join two complete thoughts (meaning each thought has a subject and verb, and the thoughts could stand all on their own—otherwise known as “independent clauses”). Think of it this way: a comma is a weak punctuation mark, and you need something a little stronger ...
A run-on sentence (sometimes called a “fused sentence”) results when two complete thoughts ( a.k.a. “independent clauses”) are joined without any punctuation separating them. Hence, your sentence just runs on and on…
Alright guys, so I've read so many things about watering; water till 15,20,30% runoff and from the start I have not been doing that. First off my medium is 1:3 Nutri-mix:EWC. The nutrimix has perlite whatnot in it already, and have just started using Iguana Juice Grow at about 1/4-1/2 strebgth.
You will read different ways of doing everything and you will see people who swear by sometime and someone that does the opposite. You want some run to pull a bit of the salts out to aid in control salt build up. 15 20 30 percent all sound fine just depends on how many nutes you willing to poor down the drian
Depending on the size of the plant and the bucket, I will usually go until runoff. If I am in a 20 gallon pot I end up watering every 3-4 days at 2.5 gallons, and just the slightest amount of runoff occurs. If the plant (and therefore its root system) is much smaller than the pot at the time, I will give it less.
To each their own. I water till runoff everytime indoors but I usually pump that PPM. Not much but enough that the runoff dish is half full. Of course that needs to be drained. I also check ph and ppm every time.