Formatting Tip: Diacritics
Explore this Formatting Tip from KD Did It to discover how to add those critical diacritics to ensure a foreign term or word is in context.
Category: Writing
Grammar: Elliptical Clause
Most of us aren’t aware of how often we use the logical elliptical clause every day. And it is always missing something in this Grammar Explanation from KD Did It.
Word Confusion: Know How versus Know-how
You already know how to gain the knowhow needed to edit your manuscript. Explore this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Grammar Explanation: As
For such a tiny word, as packs a punch in grammar in this Grammar Explanation from KD Did It.
Grammar: Gerund
Explore the verb-as-noun in the form of a gerund in this Grammar Explanation from KD Did It.
Grammar: Participle
Explore the verb-as-adjective in the form of a participle in this Grammar Explanation 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.