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This post was motivated by a FB question. The word then is generally an adverb with the meaning "at that time" or "next." As an adverb, it does not take punctuation. ...We were then visiting frie...

We all know that there must be a comma in front of a coordinate conjunction that has a complete sentence after it. ...went with her, and she declined the assistance. ...was standing nearby, but th...

There is a comma before the word but when there is an independent sentence after it. ...was there, but he did not take part in the discussion. ...sent the payment, but it was not posted until seve...

When someone chooses to switch into quotes after the word that, you just have no choice but to use quotation marks (despite the fact that your trusty English teacher told you never to use quotes af...

I have had recent questions about how to do file extensions when they are said by themselves without the full file name. First, I would say that they should be done consistently. Though I do not ...

Great seeing so many "old" familiar faces at DRA. Wow. It has been a few years. Glad to see you thriving in this wonderful field. There was a recent discussion on numbers and their form within a s...

Oh, my. We are losing the battle, I do believe. ...extremely rare occurance... Though there are no rules for ance versus ence, one would think that the more common words would be spelled correct...

When words showing measurement, value, distance, amount are used with an s on the end and they are in front of a noun, use an apostrophe s for singular and just an apostrophe for plural. ...one w...

Put a comma before the and because there is an independent subject and verb after the and. ...I was driving northbound on Madison, and I turned left onto Rourke. ...Rachel went to the hospital, an...