Category_MWW Blog>The Comma

The Word "Please"

The word please takes punctuation according to where it is in relation to what it modifies. At the beginning of what it modifies, it takes no punctuation after it. ...Please put that notice into ...
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ZIP Codes

The ZIP code does not take any punctuation in front of it. It goes with the element it follows. ...Los Angeles, California 90045, is the... ...live in Culver City 90230 with... The comma after th...
Category_MWW Blog>The Comma

A Comma Before a Quote?

A question from a reporter today is in regard to placing a comma before a quote when the quote surrounds a word that is being defined. So let's look at the rule for quoting and the rule for the com...
Prepositional Phrase at the Beginning of the Sentence
Category_MWW Blog>The Comma

Prepositional Phrase at the Beginning of the Sentence

So let’s talk prepositional phrases at the beginning of a sentence. What if this prepositional phrase is just a simple modifier, a simple adverb modifier? ...On Monday we will begin the new progr...