There are three punctuation marks that make many writers crazy: commas, colons, and quotation marks, and this post is intended to help a little with each. Please remember that it’s American grammar rules I’m writing about, not necessarily any other…
Are Your American Grammar Skills strong?
Are your American grammar skills strong? The quiz shown below is on the first page of my Brush Up on Your American Grammar Skills workbook, and we start every class with it. It’s the students’ first glimpse of what is in…
Quiz Time — Colons and Semicolons!
Good Monday morning! It’s time for another quiz, this time on using colons and semicolons — the American way. About half of my connections live outside the United States, and they likely follow a different grammar system. But for those…