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When “then” means “at that time,” it does not take a comma as it is an adverb. ...He was then on his way to becoming successful. ...I saw them and then began to wonder what would happen. If "then...

I have not seen a written rule about "o'clock" equaling ":00" in a standard English text. I would love to have a reference for that rule. I know that many people were taught that. I have simply nev...

Does the punctuation go inside or out? Is there a cap or not? ...A (Indicating.) ...A Right here (indicating). The English rule: If the whole thought is inside the parens, the first word i...

When the witness repeats the question or part of the question and then answers it, use a question mark after the question and let the rest of the answer stand on its own. ...Q Was it after 10:00...

I have been asked for a little more explanation on the last post. A dependent clause is dependent because it has a word out in the front of it that "introduces" it. ...He left. (a sentence, an in...

You all know this rule: Cardinal Rule No. 1: Put a comma before a coordinate conjunction when it is followed by an independent subject and verb. But be careful of the dependent clause that LOOKS L...

Punctuation Precision A 20-hour course It’s BACK! You have been asking for a repeat of this class since we gave it last year. So here it is. This course is offered as an alternative to the “...

Number form in some instances depends upon the answer to the question "How verbatim do you want to be?" If the witness says "...a hundred fifteen...," whether you put the number into words or figu...

Facebook had a couple of interesting questions/examples on "so." SO I thought it would be good to take a look at them. This is my answer to the questions about the word "so" in the FB sentence belo...