by Liz Coursen | May 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
I know I lean on several sites rather heavily for my quiz material, but it’s so hard to resist that I…don’t. Some of these numbered items are phrases, not sentences. Here we go! From HubSpot.com: 1) The HubSpot management team is comprised of savvy...
by Liz Coursen | May 3, 2016 | Uncategorized
I get questions about the proper use of quotation marks all the time. Here are a couple of “for sure” uses. Quotation marks are always placed outside periods or commas. There are no exceptions. Examples: “I thought I’d make sure that you know...
by Liz Coursen | Apr 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
Obviously, commas are a whole issue unto themselves, but there are certain uses of a comma that are “for sure” uses. Here’s one. One of the uses of a comma is to add what’s called “parenthetical information” to a sentence. This is...
by Liz Coursen | Apr 25, 2016 | Uncategorized
We all know that when two nouns are separated by “and,” you use a plural noun and a plural pronoun, like this: Liz and Gayle have to decide. But, what happens to the verb and pronoun when two nouns are separated by “or”? If both nouns are singular, you use...
by Liz Coursen | Apr 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
The need to carefully review all changes. Even the most experienced editors need to look over their edited content before publishing: too often, corrections beget more mistakes. Here’s a great example. At the beginning of the month I was looking around my...
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