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The last example should be ...The victim was a 55-year-old. I don't know why it looks good one minute and not once I have hit the button to send it to you all! Happy punctuating! Margie

When a short prepositional phrase is a simple adverb, it is never punctuated based on essential/nonessential. When it is an adverb, it usually takes no punctuation since adverbs get to wander aroun...

Punctuate a fragment that stands for a complete thought the same way you would punctuate the complete thought that it stands for. ...Q Where was he?...A At the beach. He was alone....A He was at t...

When the "if" clause at the end of the sentence is a modifier for a word in the main clause, there is no comma. ...I will go if I can scrape the money together. ...She will call if she gets there...

Often the grammar of the sentence determines the one-word/two-word difference for the word sometime. If it is the object of a preposition, it has to be two words. ...for some time... ...at som...

We see this same pattern often: We have finished a sentence; then we throw in something that renames the subject of that sentence. ...We decided to spend the weekend away -- my husband and I....Th...

This construction has the grammar elements turned around and out of order. The word "that" is the direct object, which has been pulled out to the front of the sentence. If the direct object were...

When an adverb clause comes in the middle of what it modifies, it takes commas around it. When the element it modifies is inside another dependent clause, the adverb clause still takes commas aroun...

Here is the information on my upcoming online grammar class. The class is a total of 1.5 CEU's, divided up into six sessions of two and a half hours each. Each session has been prequalified for CE...