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I think some of us have gotten the wrong idea about this concept of "two or none." There are many, many places where one single separating is perfectly correct. ...If you call tomorrow, I will be...

...Remember that she has an appointment. ...Remember she has an appointment. We can always leave out the word that when it begins a clause and doesn't really do anything in the clause. In neither ...

Fractions are written out in words. They are hyphenated only when they come right in front of a noun, called a "direct" adjective. ...increased by seven eighths... ...only one third of them remain...

When someone says the words quote or unquote or quote/unquote, they should be surrounded by punctuation, AND the word or words that follow should still be quoted. There is no rule in the literature...

When you are trying to decide whether to hyphenate something, try this: ...It is a large green bug that.... It is a bug. What kind of bug? It is a green bug. What kind of green bug? It is a green...

Anymore, one word, means "no longer" or "from this time forward." ...will not do that anymore... ...do not see him anymore... Any more, two words, means "any or anything additional." ...do not n...

This coming weekend on Sunday, September 23, from 5:00 to 7:00 Pacific time, I will be presenting a seminar on quotes -- when to quote, what to quote, the use of italics, quotes in lieu of italics....

So we are working on the idea that many times an element needs commas around it in the sentence but that this does not necessarily mean that element is "nonessential" or "isn't necessary to the mea...

So comma rules fall into these two categories: Every time you use a comma, you are either separating two elements that should not bump up against each other, or you are using a pair of commas to su...