Grammer questions

[yamini]

(1) Can ING words (continueous) such as doing, eating....etc can come after "to" and "of"?

as 'to doing', 'of doing'.

It seems I am in the misconception as ing words comes only after these words

For, am, is, was, are, were, be.

(2) I know 'AND' can come after comma (,), But can it come just before comma?

(3) Normally BUT, AND, OR, THEN used to join two statements. Is it allowed to start a statement with these words?

(4) Can a NOR without NEITHER is allowed in GMAT? I saw one news article having NOR without NEITHER.

[StaceyKoprince]

(1) Generally, the infinitive form of a verb is going to come after the word "to" (if you're using a verb there). You can use ING after "of" though, such as "I'm thinking of going to the store tomorrow."

(2) "And" could come before a comma, as in "She was quite pleased and, though a little wary, decided to accept his offer.

(3) Coordinating conjunctions (mnemonic FANBOYS: for, and, but, or, yet, so) are used to connect two independent clauses (that is, two separate sentences). They cannot be used to start a sentence (at least, not in formal written English - though people do use these to start sentences all the time).

(4) I haven't seen the GMAT use "nor" without the "neither." Doesn't mean it won't ever... but I have never seen it.

[mnuma1]

Hi Stacey,

In a previous post you said that we cannot have an inifitive after a comma. Could you please explain that rule?

Thanks!

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[tim]

unfortunately there isn't anything to explain, as Stacey mentioned in the other post. you just need to remember that this is something the GMAT doesn't like..