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A prepositional phrase beginning with "of" that represents where a person works or where he is from and that follows a proper noun takes commas around it. Other prepositional phrases do not take th...

Most of us know the rule "Do not hyphenate an '-ly' word." This rule perhaps need a little more definition. Do not hyphenate an adverb that ends in "-ly" to the word after it. ...recently built h...

...We were there, know what I mean, with them, know what I mean, when one of them drew a gun, know what I mean, and began to threaten everyone. Happy punctuating! Margie

When someone has a language "glitch" and uses a word or phrase over and over, that word or phrase is surrounded by commas. ...He was, like, on the, you know, edge that day. ...The company, like, y...

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...

The dictionary shows full-time hyphenated as an adverb. ...He works full-time. ...She was there full-time. As an adjective, it follows the rules: Hyphenate it as a direct adjective; do not hyphen...

Hyphenate a fraction as a direct adjective; otherwise, it is not hyphenated. ...two-thirds cup... ...two thirds of a cup... ...three fourths of the vote... ...three-fourths vote... Regular fract...