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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. ....

Some people have been making this statement: "The attorney just keeps talking in run-ons." He said, "We were together, AND she seemed to be distracted, BUT I didn't say anything to her at the time....

When "yes" or "no" is repeated, there are two options: periods or commas. If we want to get technical, if the words are repeated quickly with no pauses, use commas; if the words are said distinctly...

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...

When there are two parts to a sentence, one a statement and one a question, it is the part at the end that determines the terminal punctuation. ...My question is where are you going? ...Where are ...

There is one space after a period and a colon when you are using a variable font; there are two spaces after a period and colon when you are using a monofont. In reporting, we generally use a monof...

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...

There is no English rule that says a sentence cannot begin with and, but, or, nor. I truly believe the idea that this is a rule starts in elementary school, where we all hooked a bunch of sentences...

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...