Write well. Write often. Edit wisely.
Many introductory sentence elements are followed by a comma. Yet not all are. A discussion of comma use with elements at the beginning of a sentence.
Tips for spelling compound words—open, closed, and hyphenated compounds. The Chicago Manual of Style has a great section on spelling compound words.
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A reader asked a question about one adjective modifying multiple nouns. There are some choices that are clearly better than others.
Continue reading One Adjective Paired with Multiple Nouns—A Reader’s Question »
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