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These words are called "correlative conjunctions." Like their counterpart coordinate conjunctions, they link grammatically equal parts. The word also can be moved to later in the construction, or i...

When a prepositional phrase beginning with of that denotes a business or a location follows a proper name, use a pair of commas around it. ...Harry Larson, of Otis Elevator, arrived earlier than w...

The rule about no quotes after the word "that" is for good grammar. After the word "that" in good grammar, the words should be an indirect quote or a paraphrase. In "bad" grammar, people get to sa...

The rule for capping north, south, east, and west is that these words are capped when they represent a "recognized" geographical region and are not capped when they simply indicate direction. ...H...

A "run-on" sentence: Two sentences that have no conjunction between them that are put together as one sentence either with a comma instead of a period or with no punctuation at all. ...He always c...

Normally adverbs are not hyphenated. In the case of full-time and part-time, Merriam- Webster lists the adverb form hyphenated. So it is ...He works full-time in our office. ...She is going to try...

When the words after yes and no "echo" the words of the question, use a comma. ...Q Did you go with her? ...A Yes, I did. ...Q Were you the only one there? ...A No, I was not the only one t...

When you are using parens for the insertion of a blurb -- e.g., (indicating) -- the rule is as follows: When the information inside the parens is the entire thought, it is capped, and the punctuat...

As one word, everyday comes in front of a noun and means "ordinary," "routine," "habitual," or "commonplace." Otherwise, it is every day. ...It is an everyday job. ...She had those everyday tasks ...