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The words too and also generally do not need commas with the exception of also at the beginning of the sentence. Historically too and also had commas before them at the end of the sentence. Si...

Take a look at the two basic ways that commas are used: All commas are used to either separate two language elements and push them apart or to surround a language element. The latter implies that t...

If a noun is listed as separate words, then it stays separate words -- and is not hyphenated -- as a direct (right in front of the noun) adjective. ...He is in real estate. ...He is a real estate ...

A discussion of this construction comes up about once a month. Is there or is there not a comma after "that" in the following sentence. ...I knew that, if I turned right, I'd get there sooner. Th...

When the word "number" is said and is followed by a figure, it is abbreviated except when it begins a sentence since it would look like hte word "no." ...It refers to Section No. 123. ...I am on p...

The rule about "bumping up" the comma to a semicolon in a compound sentence with a coordinate conjunction has to do with obscuring the division in the sentence. Does the other punctuation "hide" t...

An independent clause and a sentence are the same thing. And the first rule of all punctuation is that a comma goes before a coordinate conjunction that connects independent clauses. The fact that ...

Some extra hints about the differences between one word and two: “Sometime” as an adjective means "occasional" or "here today/gone tomorrow." …He is a sometime friend. “Some time” is an adjectiv...

When we say, "Do not put a comma after 'so,'" we are talking about a single separating comma. A pair of commas can go anywhere. There is never a single comma after "so." We have this confusion ofte...