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Category_MWW Blog>The Comma
The Word "Now"
When the word now means "at this time" or "currently," it is an adverb and takes no punctuation. When it has no meaning and is just a throwaway, a "filler-type" word, it
takes commas around it.
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apostrophe
The Plural and the Apostrophe of a Proper Name
When a proper name has the word "the" in front of it, it has to be plural. My husband
and I are NOT "the Wells." We are "the Wellses." If you are talking about us, it is just
plural; if you are tal...
Category_MWW Blog>The Question Mark
The Word "What"
The word "what" is an interrogative -- asks a question -- pronoun. In the normal word order, it is, of course, "What was it?" When the sentence is turned around, it is just "bad grammar," and it st...
Category_MWW Blog>General
The "Hard C" Sound
When a word ends in the "hard c" sound -- mimic, static, picnic -- you want to maintain
that sound in all forms of the word. Since "ci" and "ce" sound like an "s," you need to alter
the spelling to...
Category_MWW Blog>The Question Mark
"Do you know?" and Others
When a question like "Do you know?" or "Do you recall?" is tacked on at the end of
another question, use an interrog for both questions.
...How close were you to the edge of the road? Do you know?...
Category_MWW Blog>General
"One One Thousand" -- What to Do?
There are a couple of options for these words:
...counted one/one thousand, two/one thousand, three...
...counted one, one thousand; two, one thousand; three...
Happy punctuating!
Margie
Category_MWW Blog>The Comma
"Whereas" Is NOT Like "However"
The word whereas, a combination of where and as, is a subordinate conjunction just as
where and as are subordinate conjunctions. It is in the same category as and is
punctuated like clauses that be...
Category_MWW Blog>The Comma
"That Being Said..."
When there is a noun or a pronoun with a participle -- -ing or -ed form-- after it, it is
called a nominative absolute.
...That being said, we will go forward from here.
...The project completed, ...