The guidelines are that parentheticals 'need' setting off. However, with single-word pragmatic markers used medially they can certainly be omitted in some cases at least. (They can, …

Sep 5, 2020 · In fact is a cohesive device. It connects the current sentence to what has come before. So it is difficult to suggest an alternative or even comment on its necessity unless we …

Nov 18, 2014 · The three expression are actually synonyms with different registers. As a matter of fact and in point of fact sound more formal and as Ngram shows they are by far less common …

Jan 9, 2015 · You're detecting the difference in nuance well. Indeed comes from deed as in "action" or "fact" (rather than "thought" or "speech") and so the meaning of "in deed" and …

The following quote from Anthony Burgess has a comma after it: There is, in fact, not much point in writing a novel unless you can show the possibility of moral transformation, or an increase in …

Feb 29, 2016 · Don't be confused by the repetition of 'half'. Break down the sentence and you'll see what Bilbo meant soon enough. As for another way to interpret it... it's a bit of a 'if the shoe …

Oct 31, 2025 · But this seems unsuitable for the person which seems to be trustworthy but infact not. The above mentioned Urdu phrase (دو نمبر) describes anything collectively like "a fake or …

Aug 13, 2015 · A 'positive kind of "envy" without the sense of resentment' is, of course, envy. While the OED (for envy, noun) comes out punching with definition 3a The feeling of …

Jul 15, 2014 · Is there a specific word such as racism or sexism that describes discrimination based solely on handedness?

Dec 20, 2020 · Your #3 here awkwardly piles passive on passive. And in #4 the active started seems to attribute active agency, incongruously, to something that within the same sentence is …