junecasagrande, 6 months ago

The 12 (plus 19) Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"

When a sentence begins with an apostrophe, capitalize the first letter: 'Tis the season #BlackFriday #Punctuation #NaNoWriMo #12DaysOfPunctuation #AmWriting #AmEditing https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/224059/the-best-punctuation-book-period-by-june-casagrande/

junecasagrande, 6 months ago

The 12 (plus 19) Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"

The plural possessive of "attorney general" puts the plural S on "attorney" but the 'S on "general."

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junecasagrande, 6 months ago

The 12 (plus 19) Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"

When 2 or more people share possession of something, only the last one gets apostrophe+S. #cybermonday
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junecasagrande, 6 months ago

The 12 (plus 19) Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"

No colon after the word "including."

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junecasagrande, 6 months ago

The 12 (plus 19) Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"

Put a space on either side of an ellipsis.

Like ... this
Not like...this

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junecasagrande, 6 months ago

The 12 (plus 19) Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"

No spaces around em dashes in book, scientific & academic publishing (B, S, A). Spaces around an em dash in news writing (N).

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junecasagrande, 6 months ago

The 12 (plus 19) Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"

Use single quotation marks for quotes within quotes, not to call out words being discussed.

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junecasagrande, 6 months ago

The 12 (plus 19) Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"

Only adjectives that modify a noun independently get commas between them.

A kind, gentle, sweet girl
but
A bright red wingtip shoe
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junecasagrande, 6 months ago

The 12 (plus 19) Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"

Do not double space after a colon.

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junecasagrande, 5 months ago

The 12 (plus 19) Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"

When two hyphenated terms share a word, you can drop the shared word and keep the hyphen.

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junecasagrande, 5 months ago

The 12 (plus 19) Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"

An en dash can connect two hyphenated or multi-word terms.

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junecasagrande, 5 months ago

The 12 (plus 19) Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"

Put spaces between initials? It's up to you.

W.E.B. DuBois
or
W. E. B. DuBois

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junecasagrande, 5 months ago

The 12 (plus 19) Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"

Put a period inside parentheses only if the parentheses contain a complete, separate sentence.

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junecasagrande, 5 months ago

The 12 (plus 19) Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"

No hyphen in Xmas.

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junecasagrande, 5 months ago

The 12 (plus 19) Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"

Hyphenate "wait-list" as a verb but not as a noun.

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