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It's here! We are launching Margie Holds Class, my very own "school" -- after 52 years of teaching, I think it must be time! Seriously, this is a platform on my website, where I will teach all of m...

One more time... The word so is normally an adverb. ...I was so very tired that night. ...He was so cranky at the end of the day. It can also be a conjunction. It can be the kind of...

Some people have been making this statement: "The attorney just keeps talking in run-ons." He said, "We were together, AND she seemed to be distracted, BUT I didn't say anything to her at the time....

Compound words are best kept together on the same line. If the word is real estate or high school, it is best that the first word not be on one line and the second word on the next line. It is best...

When "yes" or "no" is repeated, there are two options: periods or commas. If we want to get technical, if the words are repeated quickly with no pauses, use commas; if the words are said distinctly...

...are listening to the WAY something is said. When "2-0-4" is said as the year, everyone but the reporter hears "2004." Though we certainly want to be verbatim, this is a time that trying to use a...

In making this distinction, you choose the way it is transcribed depending on how verbatim you want to be. When "eighteen and one half" is said, then it is a mixed number, and the rule says that mi...

When the word "number" and the number itself delineate an item in a list, it is best to write both of them out to avoid some confusing situations. ...They were, number one, $243; number two, $867;...

Deciding to use a period versus a semicolon before "Is that correct?" and expecting your reader to distinguish that they mean something different is an exercise in extreme subtlety. This distinctio...