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Good morning, all. I have just been on an extended mental holiday for the last couple of weeks along with fighting a horrid cold and traveling for fun! Thank you to those of you who have inquired....

When a noun clause direct object is pulled out to the front of the sentence -- where it does NOT belong -- it takes a comma after it before the subject and verb in the sentence. ...Where she was t...

Do not use a separating comma after the coordinate conjunctions -- and, but, or, nor -- nor after the one-syllable conjunctive adverbs -- thus, hence, still, then, so, yet. However, don't forget th...

When there are two parts to a sentence, one a statement and one a question, it is the part at the end that determines the terminal punctuation. ...My question is where are you going? ...Where are ...

...I am done with dinner. ...I am through with dinner. ...I am finished with dinner. ...I have finished with dinner. WRONG! INCORRECT! ...I have finished dinner. This is the only correct form as...

Verbs in English (and many other languages) have a characteristic called "mood." When you make a statement or ask a question, the mood of the verb is indicative. When you directly tell someone to d...

"Cross-examine" is a verb. As with all words that have a prefix "cross," the word is hyphenated. The noun that comes from it is also hyphenated. There is no verb "direct examine"; therefore, there ...

I walked into a restaurant to meet my son for breakfast yesterday morning, wearing my "Bad grammar should not happen to good people" T-shirt. The guy at the next table said, "Good morning. How are...

Wishing you all a glorious and terrific National Punctuation Day! Let the fun begin. Happy punctuating! Margie