National Punctuation Day: What It Is
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September 24 is National Punctuation Day! Discover what this literary holiday is and how you can celebrate this grammar day in punctuating fashion.
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Single Quotes or Double Quotes: A Grammar Guide
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Just because we communicate in English doesn’t always mean we use punctuation the same way. Americans use a colon to denote time (4:30) while the British use a period (4.30). Titles such as Mr., Mrs.,…
How to Correctly Use an Underscore: A Grammar Guide
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I am back! Thank you for your patience while I was away taking care of everything in my life. I thought I’d launch 2020 with a post on how to correctly use an underscore since…
When to Use the @ Symbol in Your Writing
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There are some symbols we write without much thought. We use an ampersand as a substitute for “and.” We use % to note a percentage. We use $ to talk about money. But a symbol that replaces…
National Grammar Day: What It Is
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March 4 is National Grammar Day! Discover more about this literary holiday and explore all the ways you can celebrate this grammar day with no errors.
Parentheses vs Brackets: A Grammar Guide
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For Real?! How You Can Correctly Use the Interrobang
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When it comes to punctuation marks, the interrobang has by far the coolest name. But like its function, the word interrobang came from a merging of two words based on its two roles within a…
How Many Exclamation Points is Too Many?
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HINT: Any number higher than one. And here’s why.
Slash vs Backslash: A Grammar Guide
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Not all punctuation marks have a long list of nicknames. Stroke, virgule, diagonal, right-leaning stroke, oblique dash, solidus, slant, separatrix, forward slash—all can be used for the slash. And there’s the backslash. No nickname required.…
