[General] grammar&usage

[hwdzyyy]

here is some sentence,I have no idea if these are right.

Da Shan’s Chinese speaking always makes me who come from south of China feel slightly embarrassed. Since I also have been lived in Beijing for years, but his Mandarin speaking is much better than mine.

Thanks a lot!

 

[emsr2d2]

​Here [STRIKE]is[/STRIKE] are some sentences but I have no idea if [STRIKE]these[/STRIKE] they are right.

Da Shan’s Chinese [STRIKE]speaking[/STRIKE] always makes me [STRIKE]who[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]come[/STRIKE] (from the south of China) feel slightly embarrassed. [STRIKE]Since[/STRIKE] I [STRIKE]also[/STRIKE] have been [STRIKE]lived[/STRIKE] living in Beijing for years (no comma here) but his Mandarin [STRIKE]speaking[/STRIKE] is much better than mine.

Thanks a lot!

See above.

 

[TheParser]

Dear Emsr:

"I have been living in Beijing for years but his Mandarin is much better than mine."

You wrote "no comma" after the word "years."

If I put a comma after "years," would I be marked down on a test?


Thank you

 

[tedmc]

The comma before "but" is required since it precedes an independent clause( "his Mandarin is much better than mine").

http://www.grammarly.com/handbook/punctuation/comma/23/comma-before-but/

 

[Matthew Wai]

... his Mandarin is much better than mine.

I think it is also correct to say 'he speaks Mandarin much better than I', but I am not a teacher.

The comma before "but" is required since it precedes an independent clause( "his Mandarin is much better than mine").

I always put a comma before 'but I am not a teacher', an independent clause.

 

[Matthew Wai]

Da Shan’s Chinese [STRIKE]speaking[/STRIKE] always makes me [STRIKE]who come[/STRIKE] (from the south of China) feel slightly embarrassed.

I would add 'spoken' before 'Chinese' because the OP refers to 'speaking', but I am not a teacher.

 

[Rover_KE]

If I put a comma after "years," would I be marked down on a test?

Not by me. The sentence is clear enough without it.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Rover, your answer is confusing. The question was "if I put a comma"; your answer seems to respond to "if I didn't put a comma".

 

[Rover_KE]

You're right. I misread it.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Hwdzyyy, your title was not helpful. Please use words from your actual question.

 

[Polyester]

I prefer comma after "but".

But I'm not a teacher.

 

[tedmc]

I prefer comma after "but".

But I'm not a teacher.

The comma should be before "but".