Double Spaces After a Period
Once upon a time, students who learned how to type on a typewriter — you’ve …
Punctuation Mistakes
It’s amazing how one little mark can change the entire meaning of a sentence. And while we hope you’ll never be in a situation in which a punctuation error will endanger your life, it may make you feel as if you’ve died from embarrassment.
Run-On Sentences
Have you ever known a person who can just keep talking and the subjects shift …
Apostrophes for Holidays
We celebrate many nonreligious holidays. Some of these special days include apostrophes, but others do …
Punctuation for Currency
Photographs of terribly mistaken signs from shops all over the country appear online, provoking great …
Scare Quotes
Quotation marks around dialogue and quotations are pretty straightforward. It’s increasingly common, though, to see …
Pride Capitals
You might have a friend (or maybe your grandmother) who likes capital letters a little …
The Vocative Comma
The comma strikes again! In this case, the question is where you place the comma(s?) …
Colons
Do you confuse the usage of colons and semicolons? They both separate parts of a …
Ending a Declarative Sentence with a Question Mark
People often write declarative statements such as “I wonder who wrote The Book of Love?” …
Possessives with Names Ending in S
The Irish poet William Butler Yeats would roll over in his grave if he saw …