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When a word and number appear together -- Section 15, Chapter 12, page 3 -- this is called a sequential reference. The number is always in a figure, and the word describing what it is is capped. Th...

Heading to Washington, D.C., tomorrow to spend some time with GWSRA. Looking forward to the seminars. When the word the precedes a surname, the name has to be plural. We do not say ...saw the Nel...

Generally speaking, civil and military titles are not hyphenated. ...is the vice president in charge of shipping. ...holds the rank of lieutenant colonel. Happy punctuating! Margie

Some people are confused about what to do with two or more adjectives that come in front of a noun. Most often, nothing is required. Sometimes a hyphen is required. Sometimes a comma is required be...

Every once in a while, one stumbles upon something that is priceless and said so eloquently that it needs to be shared. James Barker, creator of SearchMaster, has written so beautifully on the topi...

There are a couple of ways to make yes and no plural: ...yeses and noes... ...yes's and no's... I personally don't like the look of noes because I think it looks like a misspelled word -- maybe n...

Well, it was quite a week. We flew to West VA on Monday, where the leaves have started to turn -- beautiful drive to and from Pittsburgh. Tuesday was a great day with a great group, and they surviv...

I think some of us have gotten the wrong idea about this concept of "two or none." There are many, many places where one single separating is perfectly correct. ...If you call tomorrow, I will be...

Fractions are written out in words. They are hyphenated only when they come right in front of a noun, called a "direct" adjective. ...increased by seven eighths... ...only one third of them remain...