Posts Categorized: Punctuation

Grammar posts good and bad

Posted June 25th, 2014 by Pam Nelson & filed under Copy Editing, Grammar, Linguistics, Mechanics, Punctuation.

This post started as an irate takedown of “grammar mistakes everyone makes” posts that plague us via social media. This… Read more »

Hyphenated expressions and their place in a sentence

Posted March 20th, 2013 by Pam Nelson & filed under Copy Editing, hyphen, Mechanics, Punctuation, Spelling.

Somehow, I became confused about how to treat compound modifiers that are used not before a noun but elsewhere in… Read more »

If you don’t know, go to the experts

Posted February 6th, 2013 by Pam Nelson & filed under Copy Editing, Mechanics, Punctuation, Stylebooks.

I have weaknesses as a copy editor. One of them is the use of commas. One good thing about knowing… Read more »

Hyphens: Compound (word) interest

Posted May 28th, 2012 by Pam Nelson & filed under Copy Editing, Mechanics, Punctuation, Style, Stylebooks.

Perhaps I shouldn’t admit this, but I have a weakness as a copy editor. It’s punctuation. I am often at… Read more »

Today’s quiz: Pronouns

Posted February 20th, 2007 by Pam Nelson & filed under Newspapers, Punctuation, Usage.

Choosing the correct pronoun case can be tough for writers. The sentences in today’s five-question quiz illustrate the problems editors… Read more »

Ready for another quiz?

Posted February 19th, 2007 by Pam Nelson & filed under Grammar, Punctuation.

Today’s five-question quiz is about homonyms. Click here to begin. This article was originally posted by the Raleigh News &… Read more »

Heads up

Posted October 13th, 2006 by Pam Nelson & filed under Grammar, Punctuation, Spelling.

Headlines need to be accurate, attract attention and give readers a preview of the story. Good headlines also draw on… Read more »