Colons: How to Use Them
Like a semicolon, a colon can connect two independent clauses . . . Read More
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Apostrophes: One Mark, Three Ways
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From the Vault: Hyphens and En Dashes the MLA Way
Get tips on using en dashes and hyphens from our previously unpublished style guidelines . . . Read More
Ellipsis at the Beginning of a Quotation
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A Dash of Sense
Get tips on how to avoid dashes run amok . . . Read More
There’s Nothing Wrong with a Full Stop
Many writers feel that the longer the sentence, the more elegant the style . . . Read More
Serial Commas and Serial Semicolons
Perhaps no mark of punctuation ruffles feathers more than the serial comma Read More
Commas, Conjunctions, and Modifiers
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Quotes When Nothing Is Being Quoted
Authors often use quotation marks when nothing is being quoted . . . Read More
Punctuation with Titles
Learn how to handle titles with tricky punctuation . . . Read More