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A great reference -- onelook.com is a dictionary website. It is most useful for the the FORM of a word. You already know the meaning of swap meet, but is it one word or two words or hyphenated? Put...

When a person is spelling a name, there are several rules that apply: The spelling looks exactly as the name looks when simply typed. ...My name is James Edwards, J-a-m-e-s E-d-w-a-r-d-s. Leave ...

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

A recent FB answer to why the first kind of tag clauses take a comma and why there cannot be a comma before the word "right" by itself. "Didn't you' and "has he" echo the words of the question. Th...

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;...