By Judy Vorfeld The Chicago Manual of Style, sixteenth edition (6.9), says, “Periods and commas precede closing quotation marks, whether double or single.” Examples: She said, “I’ll be there soon.” … “When you are finished,” he said, “we’ll leave.” CMS also states that there are several exceptions […]
Read more →When is a Principal a Principle? Or is it? By Judy Vorfeld Need help discovering the differences between these two words? They cause a lot of confusion! Principal means first in authority; main participant, or amount of a debt minus the interest. It can be a noun or an adjective. Examples: He is […]
Read more →By Judy Vorfeld Maybe you’ve wondered about how to use the word “maybe.” It’s not something that gets a lot of attention from the grammar police, but it’s still good to know how to write it properly. Okay. “Maybe,” the compound word, is an adverb meaning “perhaps” or […]
Read more →The Confusing World of Reflexive Pronouns By Judy Vorfeld Have you ever wondered if you should say, “Jason and myself…” or “Myself and Jason…” or “Jason and I…” or “Me and Jason…” or “Jason and me…? Wonder no more. We have the answers. “Myself” is a reflexive pronoun, […]
Read more →By Judy Vorfeld Have you ever seen people get into a heated argument over the right use of the words “lay” and “lie”? It happens. LAY is a verb meaning “to put” or “to place,” and needs an object to complete its meaning. (Lay, laid, laying.) Examples She lay […]
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