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How to use slashes properly

how to use slashes

Are you someone who hates having to decide what to wear in the morning, where to go out for dinner, or what to do on a Saturday night? If so, you may be a big fan of the slash –

Inpression Editing November 18, 2016December 14, 2016 Grammar Tips, Punctuation Tips No Comments Read more

Where to place commas in a sentence

When was the last time you were confused about where to place commas in a sentence? It probably wasn’t that long ago. That’s because commas are tricky things. They can play so many different roles in sentences that it’s hard

Inpression Editing October 24, 2016October 25, 2016 Grammar Tips, Punctuation Tips No Comments Read more

Do you need a hyphen in words with prefixes?

Do you need a hyphen in words with prefixes?

You may find that there are some things you do almost automatically when you write. For example, you probably always capitalize the word “I” no matter where it appears in a sentence, and you probably always place a period, question

Inpression Editing August 14, 2016October 10, 2016 Grammar Tips, Punctuation Tips No Comments Read more

How to make abbreviations plural

How to make abbreviations plural

If you’re someone who’s proficient in English, you probably find it fairly easy to make words plural. You know that in most cases, you add either an “-s” or an “-es” to the end of a word (e.g., “reports” and

Inpression Editing July 16, 2016January 15, 2017 Grammar Tips, Punctuation Tips 2 Comments Read more

Hyphen vs. en dash vs. em dash: What’s the difference?

Hyphen vs. en dash vs. em dash: What’s the difference?

If you’re like most people, you may be confused about the difference between a hyphen (-) and a dash. This may even be the first time you’ve heard that there are actually two types of dashes: an en dash (–)

Inpression Editing July 9, 2016October 14, 2016 Grammar Tips No Comments Read more

How to punctuate sentences that end with parentheses: Where to place the period

How to punctuate sentences that end with parentheses: Where to place the period

In most cases, it’s pretty easy to figure out where to place a period in a sentence: it typically goes right at the end. Sometimes, though, we come across sentences that make things a bit tricky. One of these situations

Inpression Editing June 18, 2016October 20, 2016 Punctuation Tips No Comments Read more

“The woman’s card” versus “the woman card”: Which one is it?

“The woman’s card” versus “the woman card”: Which one is it?

Late last month, Donald Trump created a media firestorm when he publicly stated that Hillary Clinton has been successful in the 2016 US presidential campaign only because she’s a woman: “if Hillary Clinton were a man, I don’t think she’d

Inpression Editing May 15, 2016October 21, 2016 Grammar Tips, Punctuation Tips No Comments Read more

Joint versus separate possession: owning things together or separately

Joint versus separate possession: owning things together or separately

Ever write something like “Mike and Kelly’s house” and wonder where the apostrophes are supposed to go? Do you place the apostrophe and the “s” on the end of both names or just on the last one? Well, you’re in

Inpression Editing May 7, 2016October 21, 2016 Grammar Tips No Comments Read more

Can you guess which celebrities made these Twitter typos?

Can you guess which celebrities made these Twitter typos?

You don’t have to look far to find examples of typos or grammar errors in tweets posted by celebrities. Of course, everyone makes mistakes sometimes, and in certain cases, a mistake may be as innocent as an autocorrect fail. If

Inpression Editing May 1, 2016October 21, 2016 Editing Tips, Grammar Tips No Comments Read more

How to use colons to introduce explanations

How to use colons to introduce explanations

Last week we talked about how to use colons to introduce lists. Today we’re going to talk about the other key way to use colons in sentences: to provide explanations. For example, let’s take a look at the following sentence:

Inpression Editing April 16, 2016October 21, 2016 Punctuation Tips No Comments Read more
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