A Dash of Sense
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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
Quotes When Nothing Is Being Quoted
Authors often use quotation marks when nothing is being quoted . . . Read More
Commas, Conjunctions, and Modifiers
Many writers have trouble deciding where to place commas in these types of sentences . . . Read More
To Splice or Not to Splice?
Writers should generally not use a comma to connect two independent clauses . . . Read More
Comma Sense
Some commas are needed to prevent misreading, some are harmful, and others are optional Read More
MLK Day the MLA Way
Martin Luther King Day? Martin Luther King, Jr., Day? MLK Day? . . . Read More
The Placement of a Comma or Period after a Quotation
When a comma or period is needed after a quotation . . . Read More