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...I went to the Nelson house. OR ...I went to the Nelsons' house. Each of these is correct to say in English. Obviously, the second one has to deal with the possessive whereas the first one does ...

...are listening to the WAY something is said. When "2-0-4" is said as the year, everyone but the reporter hears "2004." Though we certainly want to be verbatim, this is a time that trying to use a...

If a noun is listed as separate words, then it stays separate words -- and is not hyphenated -- as a direct (right in front of the noun) adjective. ...He is in real estate. ...He is a real estate ...

Reading news on the Internet certainly gives me lots of chance to share with all of you. You get to work on your proofreading skills three time in one week and twice today! ...Of the parent's plan...

Generally speaking, a proper noun which is being used as a verb adds the endings with an apostrophe. ...We FedEx'd it on Friday. ...He FedEx's all his packages. ...We will be FedEx'ing it tomorrow...

There seem to be so many variations in the way everyone wants to do the singular possessive: apostrophe alone sometimes, apostrophe s sometimes. Does the word end in s? How is it pronounced? The r...

When there is a quantity, measurement, distance, value, amount that is expressed as a direct adjective (right in front of a noun) AND there is an "s" on the adjective, use an apostrophe "s" when it...

When the word "Inc." is possessive, it does not take the second comma after it. ...It was Joe Doe Company, Inc.'s employee. Happy punctuating! Margie

When an abbreviation or a proper name is used as a verb, add apostrophe d for the ending. ...It was later discovered that he had OD'd. ...We Prius'd it for the night instead of taking the big car....