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Period After the Fragment Answer
Remember to put a period after a fragment answer. Do not attach it to the following part of the answer.
Q Where were you waiting at the time?
A At the bus station. We had been there several hou...
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Good Grammar -- finally!
My grand "experiment" is just around the corner. It is my firm belief that a better and improved knowledge of how English really works -- the grammar -- would solve at least half of all punctuation...
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Good Grammar (finally)
Just want to let you all know that my big "experiment" is just around the corner -- an "experiment" because it is something I have not tried before.
So often the problems we encounter in punctuati...
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The Word "So" -- Again
We continue to struggle with this word "so" -- so little and so much trouble!!
When "so" means "in order that" and implies the reason for doing something, it is a subordinate conjunction that begi...
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Adding "ish"
The rule says to add ish to the end and make a solid word. However, when it is just "too ugly," go ahead and hyphenate it.
...was around 8:00ish...
...felt warmish to me...
Obviously, this is an ...
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Two Online Opportunities cir CEU's This Weekend
"Where NOT to Put Punctuation" -- Saturday, 8:00 to 10:00 A.M. Pacific time.
"Commas That Separate" -- Sunday, 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. Pacific time.
Register at https://ccr.edu/index.php/registration/e...
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New Word Pairs Book
My new book, Word Pares, Pears, Pairs, is in print and available on my website. I am really excited about it and hope you are too. For all of you that have already purchased it, thank you. I look f...
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Sequential References
When there is a word in front of a number that tells what the number is representing, the word is capped with five exceptions: page, line, paragraph, verse, size. The number is always in a figure.
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The Word "Then"
This post was motivated by a FB question.
The word then is generally an adverb with the meaning "at that time" or "next." As an adverb, it does not take punctuation.
...We were then visiting frie...