comma Archives - Words by a Pro https://old.wordsbyapro.com/tag/comma/ Thu, 06 Oct 2016 01:38:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cropped-WBP-FAVICON_7-32x32.jpg comma Archives - Words by a Pro https://old.wordsbyapro.com/tag/comma/ 32 32 Questions for a Language Ninja: Why the Dash do I need a Semicolon? https://old.wordsbyapro.com/questions-for-a-language-ninja-why-the-dash-do-i-need-a-semicolon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=questions-for-a-language-ninja-why-the-dash-do-i-need-a-semicolon Wed, 02 Mar 2016 03:18:49 +0000 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/?p=1615 Q: Why are the rules of punctuation so strict? When is it appropriate to us a comma? When should one use a comma as opposed to a semicolon, or an em-dash, or parentheses? What is the difference between a semicolon and an em-dash, anyway? What is an em-dash, and how did it happen? A: The […]

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]]> Weathering the Storm: Clean Up Your Writing Before Your Editor Does https://old.wordsbyapro.com/weathering-the-storm-clean-up-your-writing-before-your-editor-does/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=weathering-the-storm-clean-up-your-writing-before-your-editor-does Wed, 10 Feb 2016 01:25:19 +0000 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/?p=1602 Editing is the calm after the storm. It’s when the survivors pick through the wreckage, making a semblance of a life again. A little dramatic, perhaps, but it’s apropos. Writing is the storm that messes everything up, throwing words, punctuation, and grammar here and there…and editing cleans it all up. While the chaos of writing […]

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]]> “Who Gives a #@*$ About an Oxford Comma?” https://old.wordsbyapro.com/who-gives-a-about-an-oxford-comma/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=who-gives-a-about-an-oxford-comma Tue, 09 Sep 2014 21:18:48 +0000 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/?p=745 If you have any hipster sensibilities, you may be familiar with New York-based rock band Vampire Weekend and one of its most widely known hits: “Oxford Comma.” The very NSFW lyrics, from which I pulled the title of this post, don’t actually take a side in the classic grammatical debate of “to serial comma or […]

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