When Should We Hyphenate Compound Words?
When two words come together to create a single new idea that expresses meaning different from that of either of the individual words, the result...
Commas between Adjectives: How to Recognize Coordinate Adjectives
The comma is perhaps the trickiest mark of punctuation to teach and to learn, largely because we seem to have multiple exceptions for every rule....
Commas between Adjectives: How to Recognize Coordinate Adjectives No Ads
The comma is perhaps the trickiest mark of punctuation to teach and to learn, largely because we seem to have multiple exceptions for every rule....
Using a Comma before “And” (and Other Coordinating Conjunctions) in a Sentence
If the number of page visits is a reliable indicator, this topic—using a comma before and—is on the minds of many people. The third most...
Capitalizing Words: Proper vs. Common Nouns
The rules governing the capitalization of words in sentences (as opposed to capitalizing words in titles or headings or capitalizing people’s titles or positions) seem...
