Macmillan Holdings, LLC. Grammar Girl, Grammar Girl's, QDnow, and Quick and Dirty Tips are all trademarks of Macmillan Holdings, LLC. Learn what they are and use them to your advantage. Jeff grammar I have a question about complex sentences: "could you possibly give me the same allowance of 10,000 yen a month(,) and I pay the difference?" comma or no comma? and why? thanks http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/complex-sentences.aspx?commentid=18652#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/complex-sentences.aspx?commentid=18652#Comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:38:29 GMT duncan ?ner grammar Duncan, you should spend less time on trying to improve these websites, i mean who cares if it would sound more correct, it's just too tedious going around correcting every little thing you see you should let some things slide like i said nobody would notice that but you my friend. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/complex-sentences.aspx?commentid=16309#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/complex-sentences.aspx?commentid=16309#Comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:09:12 GMT Laura grammar Hi, Danielle! Profligate can also be used as a noun,as in a profligate person. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/complex-sentences.aspx?commentid=15224#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/complex-sentences.aspx?commentid=15224#Comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 02:19:59 GMT joy grammar thank you for or good grammar... http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/complex-sentences.aspx?commentid=14858#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/complex-sentences.aspx?commentid=14858#Comments Sat, 29 Nov 2008 03:03:45 GMT Danielle grammar I'm confused by your use of the word, "profligate." Can you clarify? It's defined as a parallel of the word, "extravagant." So you are basically saying, "He tosses the structure around like an extravagant." An extravagant what? Can you clarify the use of this word so I can stop thinking about it obsessively? Thanks! http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/complex-sentences.aspx?commentid=14310#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/complex-sentences.aspx?commentid=14310#Comments Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:37:54 GMT cassy grammar good !!! http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/complex-sentences.aspx?commentid=14285#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/complex-sentences.aspx?commentid=14285#Comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:42:49 GMT VeggieTart grammar Shouldn't it be "leopard-skin" hat? http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/complex-sentences.aspx?commentid=14118#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/complex-sentences.aspx?commentid=14118#Comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:44:24 GMT joana grammar i hate this site.but not much.i want to find the examples of complex sentences.but there's no result.but this is useful to others xempre.:)) http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/complex-sentences.aspx?commentid=14096#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/complex-sentences.aspx?commentid=14096#Comments Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:24:52 GMT joana grammar what is complex sentence? http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/complex-sentences.aspx?commentid=14095#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/complex-sentences.aspx?commentid=14095#Comments Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:17:40 GMT Mimi grammar Hi GG. The predicate is the the rest of a sentence apart from the subject. In the transcript below, you state that the "scrubbed" is the predicate. The predicate is actually "scrubbed the goat." Declarative Sentences First, start small. The declarative sentence is the building block of writing (1). It requires a simple string of one subject and one predicate, and usually has one direct object: Henrik scrubbed the goat. Henrik is the subject, scrubbed is the predicate, and the goat is the direct object. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/complex-sentences.aspx?commentid=14080#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/complex-sentences.aspx?commentid=14080#Comments Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:15:32 GMT Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:38:29 GMT http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/complex-sentences.aspx feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Managing Editor) feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Webmaster) en-us