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As I was listening to the news a couple of days ago, the newscaster said, "The several million dollar homes in that area are...." It is clear that it has to be "...the several-million-dollar homes...

Remember that the words that represent directions -- north, south, east, west -- in any form are capitalized when they represent a recognized geographical area. This presumes that you might have to...

Remember to put a period after a fragment answer. Do not attach it to the following part of the answer. Q Where were you waiting at the time? A At the bus station. We had been there several hou...

We continue to struggle with this word "so" -- so little and so much trouble!! When "so" means "in order that" and implies the reason for doing something, it is a subordinate conjunction that begi...

The rule says to add ish to the end and make a solid word. However, when it is just "too ugly," go ahead and hyphenate it. ...was around 8:00ish... ...felt warmish to me... Obviously, this is an ...

When there is a word in front of a number that tells what the number is representing, the word is capped with five exceptions: page, line, paragraph, verse, size. The number is always in a figure. ...

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...