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When an indefinite pronoun renames one noun, use a comma. ...He saw several books, none of which interested him. ...We looked at three models, each of which had some interesting features. ...I tal...

...Did he say things like "I'm not going to keep it " or "I want to sell it " or "I want to lease it out"? Or what did he tell you? No comma after "like" because it is a preposition and the senten...

No matter what you might see in the headline of a major newspaper or on the Internet, it is NEVER correct to use single quotes alone. Single quotes always occur inside of double quotes. Happy punc...

Remember that the dictionary does not make a distinction for adjectives in regard to hyphenating. The dictionary gives the "direct adjective," right in front of the noun, form only. So if you look ...

When dependent clauses are joined by a coordinate conjunction, there is no comma because there is not an independent subject and verb after the conjunction. ...I was more concerned when I got ther...

When two INDEPENDENT clauses are linked by a coordinate conjunction, there is a comma before the conjunction; when there is not an independent clause, independent subject and verb, after the coordi...

The word "like" cannot start a dependent clause; that is, it cannot be part of a unit with a subject and verb. The word you want is "as" or "as if." ...As I said previously, we were not part of th...

...He said, "I have never seen him in my life." ...She said, "You may not access those files." ...He said something like "I have never seen him in my life." ...She said something to the effect of ...

A dependent clause has a subject and a verb; a phrase does not. ...after lunch (phrase) ...after we ate lunch (clause) ...since Friday (phrase) ...since I left Friday (clause) ...before the sess...