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This construction has the grammar elements turned around and out of order. The word "that" is the direct object, which has been pulled out to the front of the sentence. If the direct object were...

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...

Do not cap a word after a dash unless it always has to be capped. ...He was on his way to -- to visit her in the hospital. ...She helped him to -- helped her to the couch after she fell. When the...

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

A participle that immediately follows the word it modifies is punctuated according to essential/nonessential....It was my friend sitting on the end of the row that won the prize....It was John Jon...

Once you use the word "reason," the words why, on account of, due to, because are all extraneous -- and wrong! "Reason" is enough. ...The reason is because he... NO! ...The reason why is he... NO!...

The word the is capped as a part of a name if the company/group includes it as part of its formal name. You just have to do the research to see what the organization does. Happy punctuating! Margie

When the word so means "therefore," it starts a new sentence and takes a semicolon or period in front of it and no single comma after it because it is only one syllable. ...We left early; so I miss...

Never change the spelling of a proper name when making it plural. ...He served Bloody Marys before we ate. ...There are three Woodys in the group. ...We had dinner with the Moodys. Happy punctuatin...