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When so is said at the end of a thought, it seems to say "So that is my explanation; that is my reason." The word so can mean "for that reason" or "therefore" when it is used as a conjunction. In ...

Is it my parent's house or my parents' house? Except for a child custody matter, where one parent's rights might be called into question, I am going to say that we use this word in the plural. We d...

The rule says to add standard prefixes and suffixes to the word to form a solid word. ...postaccident investigation... ...subpar performance... ...manlike features... ...praiseworthy performance....

The answer to several questions about some words that are said is "It depends on how far you take the verbatim issue." What do I do if they say the word slash? Put the slash mark or the word? It d...

There is no rule that the dash must be inside or outside the quotes. Either way works. ...He was always saying, "You have to be here on -- " he was always preaching to us about everything. In thi...

When we talk about commas, we are talking about several hundred individual rules. It it helpful to remember that commas are used in just two ways: to separate and to set off. The comma that separa...

All percentages are in figures with the word percent, not the symbol. If there is a suffix added, it is added to the word percent. ...He spent 22 percent more. ...They saved 4 percent by paying ca...

I am BACK!! I hope your holidays were glorious. Mine were lovely even though I was really down and out sick with a throat "thing." I think that, after almost three weeks, I am finally getting bett...

When a person finishes a sentence and then decides to add "clarification" in the form of an appositive that renames the subject, the only correct punctuation is a dash. ...We didn't have the exper...