Grammar Girl

Quick And Dirty Tips For Better Writing

Grammar

Punctuation Tips

Ending a Sentence with an Abbreviation
January 17, 2012 | | Punctuation
A Few Short Questions
October 26, 2007 | Episode #81 | General Grammar | Punctuation | Word Choice | Style
Formatting Hyperlinks
October 5, 2007 | Episode #78 | Punctuation | Style
Formatting Vertical Lists
November 10, 2011 | Episode #57 | Punctuation | Style
Greeting Card Grammar
November 30, 2007 | Episode #86 | General Grammar | Punctuation | Word Choice
How Many Spaces After A Period?
July 31, 2009 | Episode #181 | Punctuation
How to Make Family Names Plural
December 23, 2010 | Episode #255 | General Grammar | Punctuation | General
How to Make Names With Apostrophes Possessive
October 14, 2011 | | Punctuation
How to Use Semicolons
September 22, 2009 | Episode #189 | Punctuation
Hyphens
February 1, 2008 | Episode #93 | General Grammar | Punctuation
Hyphens in Compound Words
January 10, 2012 | | Punctuation
Is It "Previously-Explained Goal" or "Previously Explained Goal"?
October 10, 2011 | | General Grammar | Punctuation
Parentheses, Brackets, and Braces
July 29, 2010 | Episode #233 | Punctuation
Periods and Parentheses
February 21, 2011 | | Punctuation
Punctuating Questions
February 24, 2011 | Episode #264 | General Grammar | Punctuation
Question Tags
January 26, 2012 | | Punctuation
Quotation Marks with Periods and Commas
August 25, 2011 | Episode #289 | Punctuation
Sentence Length
April 25, 2008 | Episode #104 | General Grammar | Punctuation | Style
Serial Comma
December 30, 2010 | Episode #256 | Punctuation
Should You Ever Put a Space Before a Period?
January 6, 2011 | Episode #257 | Punctuation
Single Quotation Marks Versus Double Quotation Marks
August 18, 2011 | Episode #22 | Punctuation
Troublesome Contractions (e.g., I'd've)
May 1, 2009 | Episode #168 | Punctuation
Two Weeks' Notice
October 5, 2011 | | Punctuation
Used to Versus Use to, and Other Listener Questions
December 7, 2007 | Episode #87 | General Grammar | Punctuation | Word Choice | Style
When Does "Grown Up" Need a Hyphen?
October 17, 2011 | | Punctuation
When to Use a Comma with “Too”
February 13, 2009 | Episode #157 | Punctuation
Where Did the @ Symbol Come From?
January 5, 2012 | Episode #305 | Punctuation
Why Can't I Determine How My Name Is Spelled?
January 28, 2011 | | General Grammar | Punctuation | Style
Why Commas Matter
November 8, 2011 | | Punctuation
Why Doesn’t “Veterans Day” Have an Apostrophe?
November 11, 2010 | Episode #249 | General Grammar | Punctuation