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Whether it is into or in to depends upon the meaning and part of speech of the word work. If work means the action of doing the job and is therefore a verbal, it is two words, in to. If work is a p...

There have been issues with my website over the last couple of weeks. As a "gift" from me to you, any order placed between now and December 31 will receive a 10 percent refunded discount IF YOU EMA...

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...

Most reporters use the dash simply for that ever-present interruption. There are, however, grammar rules associated with the dash. Here's one: When an indefinite pronoun follows ONE word and rena...

As a verb, "thank you" is two words. ...Thank you for all you do. ...I want to thank you for the chocolates. As a noun, "thank-you" is hyphenated. ...Please send a thank-you to your grandmother....

A recent problem is how to do file extensions when they are said. Though there is really no "rule" for this, I would suggest that you do them just as they appear at the end of the file name. This e...

This idiomatic pattern always takes a comma without regard to how short or how long. ...The more I see him, the less I think I can trust him. ...The more he tries to conform, the more he is being ...

I think we have done this before, but here it is again. When words are used inside of parentheses, they are capped, and the punctuation goes inside when the parenthetical is the whole thought. The...

These begin idiomatic expressions that are asking questions. They are followed by an interrog. The confusion comes, I think, because there is no verb in the expression. ...How about John? Did he g...