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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...

Remember that, even though there are little short sentences, they are still sentences if they have their own subject and verb and can stand alone. Punctuating them with a comma creates a run-on. ....

Deciding to use a period versus a semicolon before "Is that correct?" and expecting your reader to distinguish that they mean something different is an exercise in extreme subtlety. This distinctio...

I think we have done this recently, but here it is again. There are several rules floating around on what comes after yes and no. The easiest and simplest is this: When the words after yes and no ...

One of the rules that we need most in this field: Punctuate a fragment exactly the same way that you would punctuate the grammatically complete sentence that it stands for. ...Q What time did yo...

When the words after yes and no "echo" the words of the question, use a comma. ...Q Did you go with her? ...A Yes, I did. ...Q Were you the only one there? ...A No, I was not the only one t...

When there are two parts to a sentence and one is a statement and the other is a question, it is the one at the end that determines the terminal punctuation. ...What he wants to know is where were...

Remember to put a period after a fragment answer. Do not attach it to the following part of the answer. Q Where were you waiting at the time? A At the bus station. We had been there several hou...

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...