Can anyone help me with some grammer?

Question

Is this following sentence grammatically correct?

I wish to dedicate this thesis to my mother, for her never-ending and unconditional support, and to my late father.

I'm unsure about the punctuation, whether there needs to be a comma between support & and or not, or if it should be a semi-colon. Can anyone help?

Answer 1

1st of all punctuation is great, and many of the people above gave great suggestions, but is that necessarily a thesis?

A thesis is supposed to state the purpose of your essay.

If the purpose of your essay is going to be about the love your parents gave you then here is a example thesis.

The never ending love and support my mother gave me is beyond anything anyone has ever given me.

I know it is kind of crappy, and I left out your dad too, but it is just an example to show you. Whenever you are done, or at the beginning of your paper, essay, or whatever you are writing, then dedicate it to your parents.
I don't know if your teacher would necessarily call what you wrote a thesis.

Answer 2

Your punctuation is correct as shown. If you take out the words between the commas, what is left should make a complete sentence.

So if you take out ",for her never-ending and unconditional support," you are left with "I wish to dedicate this thesis to my mother and to my late father." Works perfectly!

Answer 3

I would say:-

I wish to dedicate this thesis to my mother for her never-ending and unconditional support, and also to the memory my late father.

Answer 4

I wish to dedicate this thesis to my late father and my mother for her never-ending and unconditional support.

Answer 5

What "Not Me" suggested is good.

You can also say....

I wish to dedicate this thesis to my mother for her never-ending and unconditional support. Also to my late father who has left me with his legacy - his love.

Just a suggestion. The latter part you can change to something else that you can always give your father the credit for.

Hope this helps