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Percentages are always in figures and are never hyphenated as adjectives. ...A 72 percent increase is excessive. ...I disagree with the 4 percent figure. Happy punctuating! Margie

Just for the record, though it is probably gaining favor since "conversate" has been declared a word -- ugh! -- the word should be "preventive." ...We took preventive measures to correct the situa...

If you have the word take and it is followed by an adverb, the meaning changes depending on the adverb that is added: take in, take over, take off, take up, take on. The form of the combination is ...

The word far is compared as farther/further and with the superlative farthest/furthest. Farther/farthest are physically measurable distances. ...We walked two miles farther today. ...She drove fa...

The terms "essential/nonessential" NEVER apply to a prepositional phrase. Prepositional phrases that are adjectives tend to be right after the word they modify; prepositional phrases that are adver...

When making a title and name plural, there are some options. Obviously you need to take into account how it is said. Two people named Smith ...the two Messrs. Smith ...the two Mr. Smiths ...the ...

We had just an hour and a half of the grammar class last week. We have thirteen and a half hours to go. Join us. Here is the link with the information. http://www.ccr.edu/index.php/component/conte...

The 15-hour grammar class begins this Sunday at 4:30 Pacific time. Register now! http://www.ccr.edu/index.php/component/content/article/43-loocs/443-cre302-good-grammar-finally Happy punctuating!...

Often the grammar of the sentence determines the one-word/two-word difference for the word sometime. If it is the object of a preposition, it has to be two words. ...for some time... ...at som...