Tag Archives: comma
Grammar in the digital age
In advance of a teleseminar with the National Association of Memoir Writers tomorrow (Friday, September 16), I wrote a blog to get participants riled up! The full article can be read here:
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The death of the serial ki …
I mean, comma. Once again, one of my Bend book lovers – Anita – alerted me to a grammar game-changer. The University of Oxford has killed a punctuation principle that has been a part of the English language since way … Continue reading
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Comma Kaze
Editing can be a thankless – and dull – job, but still, there are moments. If it weren’t for editors, writers might send messages they hadn’t intended. Read ’em and weep (or laugh!) Look at that computer, genius. Ladies, remember the … Continue reading
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Innie or Outie?
No, I’m not going to vent about belly buttons. I’m talking about (and a reader asked about) properly placing punctuation (alliterations later!) at the end of a sentence when quotation marks are involved. Does the period go inside or outside … Continue reading
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