Properly Punctuated & Grammar Explanation: Ellipsis, …
Ellipses are a popular … punctuation, but the implied grammatical ellipsis is … less well understood.
Category: Properly Punctuated
Properly Punctuated: Apostrophe, ‘
The trick with apostrophes is to always remember that it either possesses or replaces a character. It is almost NEVER used to pluralize in this Properly Punctuated tip from KD Did It.
Properly Punctuated: Slash, /
The slash performs many other functions besides separator and shorthand in this Properly Punctuated tip from KD Did It.
Grammar & Punctuation: Essential and Nonessential Rules
For a good grounding in when to use a comma, explore the essential and nonessential rules in this combination Grammar Explanation and Properly Punctuated post from KD Did It.
Properly Punctuated: Colon, :
A colon gives warning emphasizing, distinguishing, introducing, or joining in this Properly Punctuated tip from KD Did It.
Properly Punctuated: Em, 2-Em, & 3-Em Dashes, —
Self-editing authors can em dash away, 2-em dash away, 3-em dash away, all, in this Properly Punctuated tip from KD Did It.
Properly Punctuated: Semicolon, ;
The semicolon has two main functions: replacing the comma in a serial list and joining independent clauses. Learn when and why in this Properly Punctuated tip from KD Did It.
Properly Punctuated: Parentheses, ( )
Parentheses explores the Properly Punctuated ways in which to use them within a sentence.
Properly Punctuated: Hyphen, –
Hyphens are regular social animals, always trying to keep words, numbers, and letters together or apart in this Properly Punctuated tip from KD Did It.
Properly Punctuated: En Dash, –
The en dash is used often enough, but only within a range of dates, wins and losses, numbers, and more in this Properly Punctuated tip from KD Did It.