query: Punctuation question: for the first time
positive_passages.docid: 38306
positive_passages.text: Parentheses vs. double commas vs. dashes to provide additional detail
negative_passages.docid: 154122
negative_passages.text: How can I add "first second..." ？
negative_passages.docid: 223
negative_passages.text: Is there a comma needed before quotation?
negative_passages.docid: 60397
negative_passages.text: When using complete sentences in parenthetical e.g. or i.e. situations, should the first word be capitalized?
negative_passages.docid: 129617
negative_passages.text: Difference between "the very first" and "first"
negative_passages.docid: 97393
negative_passages.text: Punctuation of a Direct Quote
negative_passages.docid: 48529
negative_passages.text: Is the following word order acceptable?
negative_passages.docid: 153619
negative_passages.text: em-dash and comma, which comes first
negative_passages.docid: 146484
negative_passages.text: Are the commas here correct? "...a vaccine was finally discovered by an American scientist, Jonas Salk, in 1955..."
negative_passages.docid: 49302
negative_passages.text: before/after + past or past perfect
negative_passages.docid: 152010
negative_passages.text: When should one use the comma versus the semicolon, and vice versa?
negative_passages.docid: 48790
negative_passages.text: Is "Hello, World!" a sentence?
negative_passages.docid: 23873
negative_passages.text: "Firstly" or "first"?
negative_passages.docid: 136093
negative_passages.text: Should the question mark be in the middle of a sentence?
negative_passages.docid: 144648
negative_passages.text: British Punctuation versus American Punctuation
negative_passages.docid: 13015
negative_passages.text: When do we not put a comma before "because"?
negative_passages.docid: 67422
negative_passages.text: Does this need a comma?