In order to make your writing clear, you need to use commas. As well as using them to separate out key information, or divide up different clauses, commas can also completely change the meaning of a ...

I was going to wait longer before summoning the Grammar Police again, but I got such a nice response and have such a backlog of your complaints and observations, I decided to make more arrests this ...

When combining two complete sentences with a conjunction ("and," "but," "or," "for," or "yet"), precede the conjunction with a comma. Example: Still, the sun is slowly getting brighter and hotter, and ...

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Natural sweeteners, such as Stevia and monk fruit, may offer health benefits over refined sugar. Benefits may include lower blood pressure and blood sugar levels. Reducing your intake of refined sugar ...

The Learning Commons is delighted to announce that the Writing and Subject-Specific Tutors are hosting "Get UR grammer On!" this November — a workshop dedicated to helping students with basic writing ...

The colon (:) seems to bewilder many people, though it's really rather easy to use correctly, since it has only one major use. But first please note the following: the colon is never preceded by a ...

The dash (—), also called the em dash, is the long horizontal bar, much longer than a hyphen. Few keyboards have a dash, but a word processor can usually produce one in one way or another. If your ...

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