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I think there are two ways to do this: ...one, one thousand; two, one thousand; three, one thousand... or ...one/one thousand, two/one thousand, three/one thousand... Either way gives the right...

When an adverb clause -- it has a subject and verb and a word out in front of it that is part of the clause and is used to answer when, where, why, how -- starts a sentence, it is always followed b...

When certain adverbs are pulled out to the front of a sentence and are used to form a bridge -- that is, show a relationship -- between two sentences, they become conjunctions which we call conjunc...

Remember that but needs an independent subject and verb after it in order to have a comma in front of it. ...didn't really see him, but she tried to get him on the phone. ...didn't really see him ...

Remember that a number or word that denotes an item in a list must be surrounded by punctuation. Sometimes that punctuation is something other than commas. ...in Indiana; two, in California; three...

I was recently asked about surrounding "for one" in the sentence "I for one want to...." If the reason for commas is that "for one" is a parenthetical, then the answer is no commas. Remember that...

There are many places that one comma will not do as there is not a need to separate anything. In these places, IF there is a need for punctuate, it is a choice of two commas or no commas. ...He ha...

In my September newsletter, I posted this discussion. The October issue will be out in a few days, and I will go on to explain the punctuation. So before I do that, here is the original discussion:...

Some people are confused about what to do with two or more adjectives that come in front of a noun. Most often, nothing is required. Sometimes a hyphen is required. Sometimes a comma is required be...