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Good evening, all. I have been absent this week -- not sure why! I think I was just recuperating from a fairly hectic travel schedule. So I am back. A few hours ago, I finished my fifth online sem...

Dear friends, Know that my husband and I are holding all of you in our thoughts and prayers at this tough time. This is a time that we all have to come together as a people to help. We will be mak...

This is one beautiful place. I am looking forward to seeing the WA reporters on Saturday for a second time this year! After "yes" and "no," we need to use a comma when the words after the "yes" or...

I just want to thank West VA reporters for a great time! We had fun and did punctuation all day long! Palm Springs, CCRA, here we come. I am looking forward to seeing many old friends. Happy punc...

This coming weekend on Sunday, September 23, from 5:00 to 7:00 Pacific time, I will be presenting a seminar on quotes -- when to quote, what to quote, the use of italics, quotes in lieu of italics....

Here is a punctuation question from FB that inspired today's blog: "On examination her lower extremities had normal capillary refill -- that is, normal circulation -- and no trophic changes, in ot...

Just a quick note: My book is available NEW only through margieholdcourt.com. It is not available on Amazon. If you see it there or on eBay, just know that it is used. I don't want anyone else disa...

Here is one of the questions asked about the intro prepositional phrase and the comma, and here is my answer. We were talking about a short prepositional phrase at the beginning of the sentence tha...

Here is the explanation right out of my new book on word pairs, which will be out this fall. Email me if you want practice exercises. We don’t need to worry about the word affect, when it is prono...