June Casagrande · @junecasagrande
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The 12 Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"
When you have a title in quote marks (which is standard in news editing style) and you want to make it possessive, there's no clear rule on whether to put the apostrophe and s inside or outside the quote marks. (Me, I put them inside.)
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June Casagrande · @junecasagrande
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The 12 Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"
When an ellipsis is preceded by a grammatically complete sentence, retain the period, question mark, or exclamation point that would normally conclude the sentence.
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June Casagrande · @junecasagrande
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The 12 Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"
If a proper name that ends with S does so because the last word is plural, as in United States, use only an apostrophe to make it possessive (including in book style). The United States' history.
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June Casagrande · @junecasagrande
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The 12 Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"
Editing styles disagree on how to form the plural of a proper name that ends in S. In book, science and academic (B, S, A) writing, add another s: James's. In news style, add just an apostrophe: James'.
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June Casagrande · @junecasagrande
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The 12 Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"
A colon or semicolon can come after a closing quotation mark, but never before one.
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June Casagrande · @junecasagrande
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The 12 Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"
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June Casagrande · @junecasagrande
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The 12 Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"
A question mark or exclamation point goes inside the quote marks when it applies only to the quote, but it goes outside the quote marks when it applies to the whole sentence.
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June Casagrande · @junecasagrande
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The 12 Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"
In American English, a period or comma always goes inside the quotation marks. Always.
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June Casagrande · @junecasagrande
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The 12 Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"
No quotation marks around a word or term introduced with "so called."
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June Casagrande · @junecasagrande
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The 12 Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"
With a hyphen, a V-8 is an engine. Without a hyphen, it's a vegetable juice.
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June Casagrande · @junecasagrande
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The 12 Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"
"Jr." is usually not set off with commas in news media or book publishing. Academic writing, however, tends to put commas around it. #12DaysOfPunctuation #NaNoWriMo #GiftsForWriters #ChristmasBooks #Punctuation #AmEditing #AmWriting
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June Casagrande · @junecasagrande
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The 12 Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"
If you use the word "between" before a number range, do not use a dash between the numbers. Use the word "and" instead.
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June Casagrande · @junecasagrande
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The 12 Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"
There's never a need to put a period after a question mark, even if the question mark is in quotation marks and even if it's part of a proper name like a book title.
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June Casagrande · @junecasagrande
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The 12 Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"
The preferred way to shorten "because" uses an apostrophe: 'cause. Avoid "cuz."
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June Casagrande · @junecasagrande
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The 12 (plus 19) Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"
To make "each other" possessive, put the apostrophe before the S. (This can be confusing "each other" is plural in meaning. But it's singular in form, so the apostrophe goes before the S.)
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June Casagrande · @junecasagrande
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The 12 (plus 19) Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"
Should you set off the words "too," "either" or "also" with commas? The style guides leave that question unclear. So you can use your best judgment. #12DaysOfPunctuation #NaNoWriMo #GiftsForWriters #ChristmasBooks #Punctuation #AmEditing #AmWriting https://www.amazon.com/Best-Punctuation-Book-Period-Businessperson/dp/1607744937/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1OUGDFHF7ONAE&keywords=the+best+punctuation+book+period&qid=1669395264&sprefix=best+punctuat%2Caps%2C367&sr=8-1#Writers
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June Casagrande · @junecasagrande
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The 12 (plus 19) Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"
Independent clauses joined by "and" or another conjunction are normally separated by a comma.
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June Casagrande · @junecasagrande
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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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June Casagrande · @junecasagrande
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The 12 (plus 19) Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"
No hyphen in Xmas.
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June Casagrande · @junecasagrande
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The 12 (plus 19) Days of Punctuation: Free tips from "The Best Punctuation Book, Period"
Put a period inside parentheses if the parentheses contain a complete, separate sentence.
Put a period outside the parentheses if the parenthetical info is incorporated into the surrounding sentence.
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