Without using italics, is this how BrE and AmE would handle the quote marks and commas for these abbreviations? If so, the BrE example looks much...
Is it customary to use a comma or a period after "Hi", "Hello", and "Greetings" at the top of an informal correspondence? Eg: Hi, <---or a...
The following style is for nonfiction. -------- CMOS said to me in an email reply, "Please see CMOS 6.80; an en dash is used to prevent confusion;...
If I want to really convey a characters shock of something. Say for example they are expecting a blind date to be short, and instead a woman with...
Salutations and Complimentary Closings When a salutation appears on a line by itself, are we required to put a comma after "Hi" or "Hello" when a...
In British English, does the comma go outside the introductory quote ("I am disgusted",) because the original sentence is "I am disgusted with the...
Are these okay as punctuated? a $2–$5 million a year baseball contract a $5,000–$10,000 per year loss a $5–$10 a month fee
Last question. Many journalists format numerical ranges as such: a $50-60,000 a year savings a $50-100 a month surcharge (Note the omission of...
Are these correct? Are John and Lynn coming? I say . John or Lynn is/are coming. (I say "is" is correct here.) John and Lynn are coming. I say...
The AP Stylebook advises that a compound that’s hyphenated before a noun is also hyphenated following a form of the verb "to be": The man is...
Would the commonly redundant phrase "tour-de-force performance" take hyphens as shown — yes or no? Thank you.
I cannot rephrase. In lieu of the word "percent," could the percent symbol work in the two sentences below? Also, I don't think hyphens are needed...
I did thorough and extensive research on this topic and was wondering whether or not you'd agree with my proposed bulleted exemplars below. In...
Which is preferred — (A) or (B)? (A) an all-expense-paid vacation (B) an all-expenses-paid vacation Can we drop the hyphens? E.g.: an all...
Hey everyone, I just have a random smattering of questions here. I'm not sure how to handle the styling/punctuation of these instances, so any...
In BE, do these work for the ranges? For the range we'd omit the hyphens in '30 year old', but if it's singular we'd include the hyphens. See...
Hello, I have a question regarding the use of en dashes and hyphens within the same phrase. Sorry for the slew of examples, but I was wondering...
I had some dialogue formatting questions for those of you savvy in it. Because my occupation consists of me using proper grammar and punctuation,...
This carries the authority of Bristol University, here in the UK. It's very easy to use. You just pick whatever figure of speech, punctuation...
Are all the comma placements correct in the following direct addresses? I say yes. Do you agree? Victor said, "Thanks, Zach, Pete, Laurie, Joe,...
Separate names with a comma.
