The 12 Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"
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The 12 Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"
When an ellipsis is preceded by a complete sentence, keep the period, question mark or exclamation point.
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The 12 Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"
If a proper name that ends with S because the last word is plural, use only an apostrophe to make it possessive.
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The 12 Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"
The possessive of James:
In news style: James'
In book, academic & scientific styles: James's
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The 12 Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"
A colon or semicolon can come after a closing quotation mark but never before one.
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The 12 Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"
A question mark or exclamation point can go inside or outside quote marks, depending on meaning.
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The 12 Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"
In American English, a period or comma always goes inside the quotation marks. Always.
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The 12 Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"
No quotation marks around a word or term introduced with "so-called."
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The 12 Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"
With a hyphen, a V-8 is an engine. Without a hyphen, it's a vegetable juice.
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The 12 Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"
No commas around "Jr." in most news media & book publishing. In academic writing (A) use commas.
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