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What do we do with "...my son Scott...?" Comma or not? This is the "essential/nonessential" dilemma, the hardest concept in all of punctuation. I would suggest that you read the entire chapter in...

It seems as if I just addressed this, but I looked back and don't see it. The only way to consistently punctuate questions is to follow this rule: Put the question mark where the question is first...

When a person repeats only a part of the original statement, quote only the part that was in the original. ...to wait for a later to be discovered piece of evidence. Object to the foundation for t...

Reading news on the Internet certainly gives me lots of chance to share with all of you. You get to work on your proofreading skills three time in one week and twice today! ...Of the parent's plan...

The question arises about email addresses as to whether it is best to write what they actually say or whether to just use the email address in its regular format. He says, "It is mls, my initials;...

Exhibit numbers are always in figures -- even at the beginning of a sentence. The word "exhibit" is capped in front of the number. The word "number" is abbreviated as "No."; the plural is "Nos." ....

The word "though," when it is alone in the middle of the sentence, is surrounded by commas. ...I think he knew, though, that this was the end. ...He was standing, though, near the door. At the en...

Generally speaking, a proper noun which is being used as a verb adds the endings with an apostrophe. ...We FedEx'd it on Friday. ...He FedEx's all his packages. ...We will be FedEx'ing it tomorrow...

Periods and commas go inside quotes without exception; colons and semicolons go outside quotes without exception. Question marks go inside or outside quotes depending on where the question is bein...