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Getting packed for an early-morning flight to Nashville and looking forward to lots of hugs from many friends. It will be great to see the CCR gang too. Come by the booth to see us. And how much mo...

When "iPhone" and similar words begin a sentence, leave the i as a lowercase letter; in other words, don't change the spelling of the proper name. ...A iPhones were very expensive.. Happy pun...

A rule of thumb, perhaps: When trying to discern whether something is a "title" in front of a name, think of whether it sounds "normal and usual" to walk into a room and say, "Good morning, -----....

I have just begun a Twitter account. Follow me @MargieWW. I must confess that I am not totally sure what I am doing, but I have jumped in. Happy punctuating! Margie

The rule is that prefixes and suffixes are added on and made a solid word. However, when the word that has a prefix or suffix is more than one word, the prefix or suffix is attached with a hyphen....

We punctuate a fragment the same way that we punctuate the complete sentence it stands for. This is simply the way the language works. ...A With John. He had been ill. ...A I stayed with John....

English calls for the dash for trailing off -- a sentence that got started that did not get finished. Many, many reporters are using the ellipsis. When the person uses but before he trails off, th...

When the formal name of the court is used, it is capitalized. ...tried in the Superior Court... ...sent to the Court of Appeal... The partial or informal name of the court is not capped. ...sent...

The first word of a quote is capped if it starts a grammatically complete sentence or a fragment that stands for a complete thought. It is not capped if it is a fragment. ...Q When did you leave...