Dear friends,
Here are more questions about punctuation. Would please give me the reason for your choice?
In academic / formal English is it possible :
1) to have a comma before a subordinating conjunction?
2) to start a sentence with "That's why"?
"I even asked God to help me find a solution 1) , because I was torn between my love for you and my duty to (toward(s) ?) my family.
When I was at the station with you, I was scared. There were so many people. I could only think of my family 2). That's why I ran away at the last minute."
3) Is it possible/necessary to have a comma before "where" here? If yes, why?
I remember the day I first met you. I immediately fell in love with you. I was so happy 1. :/. [colon or full stop ?] I could be myself at last and forget my terrible life at home 2. , where I was afraid of my father's violence.
Isn't the adverb "where" directly linked to "home" ?
Thank you for your help.
Hela
Here are more questions about punctuation. Would please give me the reason for your choice?
In academic / formal English is it possible :
1) to have a comma before a subordinating conjunction?
2) to start a sentence with "That's why"?
"I even asked God to help me find a solution 1) , because I was torn between my love for you and my duty to (toward(s) ?) my family.
When I was at the station with you, I was scared. There were so many people. I could only think of my family 2). That's why I ran away at the last minute."
3) Is it possible/necessary to have a comma before "where" here? If yes, why?
I remember the day I first met you. I immediately fell in love with you. I was so happy 1. :/. [colon or full stop ?] I could be myself at last and forget my terrible life at home 2. , where I was afraid of my father's violence.
Isn't the adverb "where" directly linked to "home" ?
Thank you for your help.
Hela