Grammar Girl

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Punctuation Tips

How to Use Hyphens
May 23, 2013 | Episode #368 | Punctuation
The Oxford Comma, in Pictures
February 26, 2013 | | Punctuation | Humor
Where Do I Use Commas?
February 14, 2013 | Episode #356 | Punctuation
I Love You: A Subject-Object Valentine
February 7, 2013 | Episode #355 | Punctuation
How to Use a Hyphen
December 13, 2012 | Episode #347 | Punctuation | General
How to Use an Asterisk
November 15, 2012 | Episode #343 | Punctuation
The Mad Dash Through a Novel
October 29, 2012 | | Punctuation
Why Is There an Apostrophe in “Hallowe’en”?
October 23, 2012 | | Punctuation
Dashes, Colons, and Commas
April 19, 2012 | Episode #318 | Punctuation
Do You Use an Apostrophe to Make “OK” Past Tense?
February 12, 2012 | | Punctuation
Question Tags
January 26, 2012 | | Punctuation
Direct and Indirect Quotations
January 25, 2012 | | Punctuation
Ending a Sentence with an Abbreviation
January 17, 2012 | | Punctuation
Hyphens in Compound Words
January 10, 2012 | | Punctuation
Where Did the @ Symbol Come From?
January 5, 2012 | Episode #305 | Punctuation
Are Your Holiday Cards Grammatically Correct?
December 13, 2011 | | General Grammar | Punctuation | Style
Formatting Vertical Lists
November 10, 2011 | Episode #57 | Punctuation | Style
Why Commas Matter
November 8, 2011 | | Punctuation
Can Cigarettes Possess Something?
October 18, 2011 | | General Grammar | Punctuation
When Does "Grown Up" Need a Hyphen?
October 17, 2011 | | Punctuation
How to Make Names With Apostrophes Possessive
October 14, 2011 | | Punctuation
Is It "Previously-Explained Goal" or "Previously Explained Goal"?
October 10, 2011 | | General Grammar | Punctuation
Two Weeks' Notice
October 5, 2011 | | Punctuation
Dear Comma
October 1, 2011 | | Punctuation
E-mail or Email?
September 29, 2011 | | Punctuation
Quotation Marks with Periods and Commas
August 25, 2011 | Episode #289 | Punctuation
Single Quotation Marks Versus Double Quotation Marks
August 18, 2011 | Episode #22 | Punctuation
Compound Subjects
August 4, 2011 | Episode #287 | General Grammar | Punctuation
Did Oxford Drop the Oxford Comma?
July 8, 2011 | Episode #283 | Punctuation
Commas With Participial Phrases
April 7, 2011 | Episode #270 | Punctuation