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Thanks, Philip. :) Query 19/20 Are the commas placed correctly? I'm trying to decide between - Fred, you will soon be conscripted for your military service, and once that's completed you have an obligation to your dead father to do away with his murderer, Joe Blow. or Fred, you will soon...

Now now nickel! ;) Query 18/20 Two versions of a short sentence. They left revived and rested in the morning. In the morning they left revived and rested. Can we get away without commas? Without commas, the first version could be misinterpreted as - They left revived ... and rested in...

Καλό Σαββατοκύριακο. Μια απορία έχω - το pre-successor ταιριάζει καθόλου με το αντικατασταθέν (π.χ., αντικατασταθέν προϊόν); (Αλλά υποψιάζομαι ότι πρέπει να υπάρχει κάποιος λόγος που επιλέχθηκε το pre-successor αντί το superseded; )

Thank you, nickel. Excellently explained. I can get rid of "of course", which was there just to emphasise that the partisans were (of course) carefully guarding George (who was only 15 years old) and the valuable cargo (comprising detonators and explosives, which was dropped by British planes...

Sorry, just me again. Have I placed the commas correctly (I wasn't sure if there should be one before "before")? Query 17/20 He then took a wide route back, passing a few villages on the way, and managed to transport the deadly cargo right under the nose of the Germans, before successfully...

Thank you, nickel and Philip. You're right, I should really be avoiding the comma before "so" (I only resorted to it to separate the two clauses, even though it didn't feel right). So it's either - a. One night, Jim and his family invited Maria and her adoptive mother, Stefania Stanescu, to...

Just adding - After some more thought, I've decided to place the comma after "over", after all, as I realised that the first clause is (effectively) .. "Jim and his family invited Maria and her adoptive mother, Stefania Stanescu, over " (as in they invited "her" over) - i.e., the second...

Πάντως όχι ως "ανενεργές απειλές" (if we can dismiss the 7 paltry google results which appear to stem from the same single source). ;) Υπάρχει και το "ανυπόστατες απειλές" (213 google results) - αλλά δεν ξέρω κατά πόσο ταιριάζει με το empty threats (ή το idle threats);

Καλημέρα. Query 16/20. One night Jim and his family invited Maria and her adoptive mother Stefania Stanescu over so they could start to plan the wedding together. I've placed the commas as follows - One night, Jim and his family invited Maria and her adoptive mother, Stefania Stanescu, over...

Well said, cougr. I'm thinking that maybe it's code here for both unwinding/de-stressing etc.. + letting go (of a completed project/mission)? There's an underlying sense of letting go/closure here too. It's like a state of relaxed detachment (where the mind is cleared/de-cluttered and...

I just want to add - I think the good dr. nailed it.. (I just scanned through the older posts). Νομίζω και εγώ ότι εννοεί (κατά κυριολεξία) μια διαδικασία κάθαρσης (purging the mind of burdensome thoughts/ καταπιεστικές σκέψεις) και ολοκλήρωσης (closure), στην προκειμένη περίπτωση. Είναι μια...

He wants to relax of course, but it sounds like he also wants to bring emotional closure to his last project, La Boheme, to leave it behind and to recharge himself for his next project. I guess before he can start focussing on his next project he'd first need to let go of any emotional baggage...

I agree, cougr. This is my theory/stab in the dark, FWIW. Given that Lurhmann directs romantic epics - he booked the trip hoping that the romantic setting on-board the Russian train, which he probably (romantically at least) imagined as a conduit to Dostoevsky's (romantic) spirit (and to a...

All good suggestions. Maybe even?.... It was torture getting it to work properly .. or getting it to work properly was pure torture.

Isn't that the whole purpose of a trip - to escape the everyday reality?

.. just adding (to my above post) - νομίζω λοιπόν ότι το debrief εδώ χρησιμοποιείται με τη συνήθη έννοια του όρου.

Το ταξίδι με το τρένο ήταν μια ευκαιρία να ξεκουραστεί και να χαλαρώσει, χωρίς αμφιβολία. Όμως, όσον αφορά το Dostievsky debriefing experience - νομίζω ο σκηνοθέτης περίμενε ότι το ταξίδι στο Orient Express (δήθεν ένα ρομαντικό τρένο) θα τον ενέπνεε επίσης να διαβάσει τον Ντοστογιέφσκι - να...

Thank you, Philip. The first sentence was a good example. The comma here before the "and" (with the missing subject) was the instance I was particularly looking for (I suppose we covered the other one in query 15). It's as if "again" is the precursor to the comma, making the case for a comma...

Thank you, nickel and Philip - duly noted. I stand chastised! Most of the time I'm expecting to see a comma after a coordinating conjunction (for, and, but ..) when there's a subject/verb in the clause ( e.g.," .. , and they saw.. "), but I know there are instances, such as in query 15, where...

Query 15/20. :) I appreciate everyone's help. The security measures around the prison building were so tight and the fear factor was so entrenched that the doors and windows of the prison cells were left unlocked. Should there be a comma after "tight"? The sentence is basically saying that...