Tag: punctuation
Grammar 101: Is Heads-Up Hyphenated?
Punctuation is important. The Oxford comma can eliminate a lot of ambiguity and a well-placed...
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Grammar 101: Another Comma Demonstration
Punctuation is a funny business. Put a different mark at the end of a word or sentence and you can...
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Grammar 101: Punctuating Do’s and Don’ts
In addition to word choice, word order and spelling, another area of grammar that deserves your...
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Grammar 101: On Parentheses, Commas and Em Dashes
What punctuation you choose to use and where you choose to use it can have just as much of an...
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Grammar 101: On Brackets and Parentheses
It is important to realize that using the right punctuation at the right time can be just as...
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What’s Up Wednesdays: On the Road Again
Let’s dive right into this week’s speedlink. Many of us view the past through...
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Grammar 101: The Power of the Hyphen
Proper punctuation is kind of a big deal. Yes, it may be true that errant apostrophe use...
Read MoreGrammar 101: Punctuation Inside or Outside of Quotation Marks?
When learning a new language, there are so many things to keep in mind. You have to make sure you’re using the right words. You have to make sure you’re putting them in the right order. You have to make sure that...
Read MoreGrammar 101: On the Oxford Comma
Part of the challenge with language is that it is constantly evolving. What is deemed to be correct and acceptable one day could be cast aside for a different construction the next. To this day, the controversy surrounding the...
Read MoreGrammar 101: Using Quotation Marks
You may have noticed that many of my Grammar 101 posts discuss pairs of words that sound similar but have very different meanings. This makes sense, because it is through the words that we communicate with one another. However,...
Read MoreGrammar 101: The Power of the Comma
Bah, punctuation. It’s a subject that most people cast aside, because they don’t feel that it is particularly important. These same people will tell you that, so long as the right meaning gets across, you don’t...
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