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This is one beautiful place. I am looking forward to seeing the WA reporters on Saturday for a second time this year! After "yes" and "no," we need to use a comma when the words after the "yes" or...

...Remember that she has an appointment. ...Remember she has an appointment. We can always leave out the word that when it begins a clause and doesn't really do anything in the clause. In neither ...

So we are working on the idea that many times an element needs commas around it in the sentence but that this does not necessarily mean that element is "nonessential" or "isn't necessary to the mea...

So comma rules fall into these two categories: Every time you use a comma, you are either separating two elements that should not bump up against each other, or you are using a pair of commas to su...

No matter how many rules you know for commas, every one of those uses for the comma fits into one of two categories: 1. You are using a comma to separate two elements. You are using the comma to p...

When so means "so that" or "in order that" and implies the reason for doing something, it starts a dependent clause. That clause takes punctuation depending upon where it is in the sentence. When ...

We all know that a comma goes before a coordinate conjunction -- and, but, or, nor -- when there is an independent subject and verb after the conjunction. ...I went with her, but I did not have th...

Okay is one of those words that peppers the speech patterns of many people. Here is the scoop on okay. If it comes at the beginning of a sentence, follow it with a period. It stands by itself and ...

Lots of people have the idea that a prepositional phrase at the beginning of a sentence needs a comma depending on how many words it has in it. (First, let's be clear that we are talking here abou...