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"Which is/are" begins an adjective clause. If the clause is necessary to define the word it modifies and could not be removed without losing communication, then there is no comma before it. If the ...

When we talk about commas, we are talking about several hundred individual rules. It it helpful to remember that commas are used in just two ways: to separate and to set off. The comma that separa...

I am BACK!! I hope your holidays were glorious. Mine were lovely even though I was really down and out sick with a throat "thing." I think that, after almost three weeks, I am finally getting bett...

Most reporters use the dash simply for that ever-present interruption. There are, however, grammar rules associated with the dash. Here's one: When an indefinite pronoun follows ONE word and rena...

"Not only/but (also)" is one of the correlative coordinate conjunctions. It connects grammatically equal parts. The word "also" is often left out or moved to a later position in the sentence, and i...

Take a look at this next to yesterday's blog. Don't get them confused. When a noun clause is the subject of the sentence, do not separate it from the verb with punctuation. ...Whether he is atten...

We generally start a sentence with the subject and verb and put direct objects and objects of prepositions later in the sentence. When these objects are clauses, they usually go after the verb. .....

It should be ...Q So, "No," you don't know? Or, "No," there weren't any left? Happy punctuating! Margie

A nominative absolute is a noun or pronoun followed by a participle. ...the affront forgotten... ...that being said... The nominative absolute does not have any real function in the sentence. .....