The patient -- in a fit of anger -- thrust his hand through a sliding glass door. It's correct as is, but a space before and after each dash usually sets it off better, makes each dash look like a dash instead of a double-hyphen!
The twins were a lot alike; they both ate too much. OK
On May 30, he suffered a stroke, although he did not realize it; thankfully, he finally saw a doctor on June 2, or else he probably would have had another stroke. No comma needed before "although" since it's introducing a dependent clause.
Correctly punctuated greeting for a business letter?
Dear Dr. Jones, Colon needed, not a comma.
He was prescribed; Carafate 1 g 4 times daily, 40 minutes after each meal, Reglan 5 mg at bedtime, aspirin p.r.n.
Delete the semicolon; there should be no punctuation at all there. The other commas look correct.
Are these correctly punctuated, spaced and capitalized?
The patient--in a fit of anger--thrust his hand through a sliding glass door.
The twins were a lot alike; they both ate too much.
On May 30, he suffered a stroke, although he did not realize it; thankfully, he finally saw a doctor on June 2, or else he probably would have had another stroke.
Correctly punctuated greeting for a business letter?
Dear Dr. Jones,
He was prescribed; Carafate 1 g 4 times daily, 40 minutes after each meal, Reglan 5 mg at bedtime, aspirin p.r.n.
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For got to indent on the letter part.
Dear Dr. Jones is not indented, but is flush with the left margin.
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