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Deciding between attributive and possessive can be tricky, but a few tips should help you decide if an apostrophe is needed.
While most adverbs don’t require commas, some special adverbs do. A lesson on the use of commas with sentence adverbs and conjunctive adverbs.
What happens to the comma when you have a question mark or exclamation point midsentence where a comma should go?
Continue reading Getting Specific—Addressing Readers’ Examples (Part 2) »
Interrupters, digressions, asides, and comments can be set apart by commas, parentheses, and dashes. Explore the options for punctuating interrupters.
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 a mix of writing situations you might have trouble with including weaved or wove, may or might, and set or sit.
A writer asks about comma use with dependent clauses. Includes details about comma use for subordinate clauses before, after, and in the middle of independent clauses.
Continue reading Commas with Subordinate Clauses—A Reader’s Question »
Adjectives can be paired or grouped to modify a single noun—learn the rules for using multiple adjectives, including the Royal Order of Adjectives. Explanation of coordinate and cumulative adjectives, and tips for using commas with adjectives as well.
Help for setting up and using dependent (subordinate) clauses. Tips include when to use commas.
Continue reading Treating Dependents and Subordinates Properly »
Is it a comma before which or before who or before that? Are there really rules and do I have to follow them in my fiction? Tips for comma use with essential and non-essential phrases and clauses.
Continue reading Restrictive or Not—When Do Clauses Need Commas? »
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