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When there is punctuation to get into quotes, there must be punctuation to get out. In other words, if there is a comma before the quote, there has to be some mark of punctuation at the end of the ...

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...

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...

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...

When the word "Inc." is possessive, it does not take the second comma after it. ...It was Joe Doe Company, Inc.'s employee. Happy punctuating! Margie

Sometimes an adverb gets pulled out to the beginning of a sentence to form a "bridge" to the sentence before it. It becomes a linking word for the two sentences and shows a relationship between the...

When someone uses letters to indicate items, either uppercase or lowercase letters are correct; however, uppercase letters are probably more readable and less likely to get lost in the flow of the ...

When elements that have commas around them also have commas within them, the commas around them change to dashes. ...If it has misspellings -- whether they be medications, medical terms, or names ...

When an attorney puts two questions (often unrelated) together with an or, you have two choices for punctuation. Use the comma before the or because there is a complete sentence after it, or make ...