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Emphasis on the Em Dash in Writing
Everyone’s got a favorite punctuation mark. As for me, I like the em dash. Seems like I often have something extra to say at the end of a...
susieyakowicz
Sep 16, 2018
2 min read
Want Stammer-free Grammar? Try These Tips
In today’s world of loose rules and anything-goes sentence structure, bad grammar often gets a pass. But using effective grammar is...
susieyakowicz
Feb 1, 2018
2 min read
Comma After “But” and Other Conjunctions: Do the Old Rules Still Rule?
Lately I’ve been noticing a lot of writing with—what seems to me—misplaced commas used with conjunctions. Granted, most of these...
susieyakowicz
Oct 9, 2015
2 min read
For the Love of Commas, Don’t Overuse Them
When I was a kid, I loved using commas. I wouldn’t just use them wherever I should, either. I’d use them wherever I could. I must have...
susieyakowicz
Feb 23, 2012
2 min read
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