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A question came up on Facebook about a question mark inside the quote when the sentence goes on. ...When he asked, "Are you serious?" did you respond in... ...He said something like "Are you comin...

Well, I must say the cruise to Alaska lived up to its glowing reputation. It was wonderful. I cannot tell you, however, how many mistakes we saw on the ship, at the hotel, et cetera. In the shelf...

We have returned from our big excursion -- 21 of us (almost all of the people I love most in this world) spent the last seven days on an Alaskan cruise. Our weather was fabulous; food, scrumptious;...

When a noun answers an adverb question, it is called an adverbial objective. ...left Friday for the lake... ("Friday" tells "when") ...spent four hours there... ("four hours" tells "how long") Th...

Are there commas around the year when, with the date, it is a direct adjective? ...the May 15, 2012, letter... ...the August 9, 1939, birth date... The year following the date is always surrounde...

This one is from an answer on Facebook to the question of what punctuation these sentences need: ...He worked late on Friday; so he couldn't attend the party. ...She approached the intersection ca...

The word or works just like the word and. In a series when the conjunction, the word or, appears between each member of the series, use no commas. ...tan or blue or silver... ...25 or 28 or 31......

I have been very delinquent about my blog -- no excuses! So I am back and will make every effort to be more diligent. I am teaching two online seminars this weekend. Email me for information. I a...

When an attorney has asked a compound question ...Do you remember whether Ray was there?... and the response he gets is "No," there is another question to be asked. ..."No," you don't remember? ...