A abo.omar Member Joined Aug 27, 2015 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language Arabic Home Country Egypt Current Location Egypt Jan 5, 2020 #1 My father's long illness made him very thin.He became a skeleton. Can we say such a sentence?I mean is it right to say it this way?
My father's long illness made him very thin.He became a skeleton. Can we say such a sentence?I mean is it right to say it this way?
G GoesStation No Longer With Us (RIP) Joined Dec 22, 2015 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States Jan 5, 2020 #2 Yes. It's understood to be figurative. Can you see what you got wrong in your post?
A abo.omar Member Thread starter Joined Aug 27, 2015 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language Arabic Home Country Egypt Current Location Egypt Jan 5, 2020 #3 I guess something related to my keyboard punctuation.
emsr2d2 Moderator Staff member Joined Jul 28, 2009 Member Type English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country UK Current Location UK Jan 5, 2020 #4 You must put a space after every comma, full stop, question mark and exclamation mark. The only exception to this is if the full stop, question mark or exclamation mark are followed by closing quotation marks or a closing bracket.
You must put a space after every comma, full stop, question mark and exclamation mark. The only exception to this is if the full stop, question mark or exclamation mark are followed by closing quotation marks or a closing bracket.