COMMAS EXPLAINED
Don't they drive you nuts? You can visit all the rules of style you want, and you can read all…
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APOSTROPHES EXPLAINED
According to last week's newsletter, whenever a Southerner says "Y'all watch this," get out of the way because those are…
Bulleted Lists: Capitalization and Punctuation
Before the introduction of word processing (via word processors and computers), most publications displayed lists in either outline form or…
AND A FINAL WORD ON APOSTROPHES…
Following on from the previous two articles, I now want to look at another common difficulty with the apostrophe -…
Commas, Semi-colons, and colons
Here's what they look like: a colon is two dots - : a semi-colon is a dot on top of…
More On Apostrophes
Following on from last week's article about "your and "you're", I now want to look some more at the apostrophe,…
Your And You’re
The mistake I see more often than any other online is confusion between "your" & "you're". How many times have…
Mini-Quiz: Punctuate Properly
Punctuation seems easy. Use a period at the end of a declarative sentence; use a question mark at the end…
10 TIPS FOR BETTER WRITING
As a proofreader of business writing, I see many of the same errors made again and again. Errors in your…
Special Characters
In working with graphics and text on a daily basis, I have found a couple of neat special characters that…
