I was once told by an English professor that a comma should never be used before but in a sentence. For years, I have followed her advice but sometimes I just feel like it just needs to …

A using statement can be exited either when the end of the using statement is reached or if an exception is thrown and control leaves the statement block before the end of the statement.

In other word, if you know that the initialization of a variable in using may throw a particular exception, I wrap it with try-catch. Similarly, if within using body something may happen, which …

I find that it is very common for some people (typically English teachers, in my experience) to use a comma before a phrase beginning with "rather than" when it falls at the end of a sentence. For

The problem with putting using namespace in the header files of your classes is that it forces anyone who wants to use your classes (by including your header files) to also be 'using' (i.e. …

What is the proper way of using triple dots and spaces before/after them? Ask Question Asked 14 years, 6 months ago Modified 5 years ago

Feb 25, 2010 · Although the question is very interesting, I have seen in many forum sites and made a solution using INNER JOIN with screenshots. At first, I have created a table named …

Where should the period go when using parentheses? For example: In sentence one, I use this example (which has a parenthesis at the end.) Should the period be inside, or outside of the …

There seem to be different views on using 'using' with respect to the std namespace. Some say use ' using namespace std', other say don't but rather prefix std functions that are to be used …

Are these correct ways to use very with a noun? She is the very girl I want. On the very year of 2012, comes the end of the world. This is the very company everyone wants to work for. What …