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Q: Using commas in case of "you" + an appositive

I am not sure if my understanding is correct about how commas must be used in case of a pronoun "you" and an appositive. The wikipedia page on apposition says: And The Blue Book of Grammar says: So, from these two sources I gather that if the scope of possible meanings of the following appositi...

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[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Manually reported answer (94): "logistically very difficult" phrase by Jeremy Curran on ell.SE

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Q: Should the present perfect form of the verb "continue" not be used in the following sentence?

I have seen the following sentence in some article: Frankly, I think the point it makes is rather obvious, but to my surprise the publication was followed by a further flood of objections that - more surprisingly - continues to the present day. The context is that the author stated a controvers...

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Q: Should "as" be dropped in "Incredible lock picking skills as demonstrated by ..."? Why or why not?

I know that "as demonstrated by" is correct usage here: I have incredible lock picking skills as demonstrated by abc and xyz. In the above sentence, dropping "as" would be incorrect. But, for the purposes of a resume, is the "as" still required when we drop "I have" (which means it's no longe...