Entries tagged “Tips”
Except under extraordinarily rare circumstances — unless you’re Charles Dickens, for instance — you can’t use a comma to separate two independent clauses…
One of the things that immediately identifies a person who puts effort into their work, is if they write with proper punctuation, like “smart quotes” or “curly quotes” instead of “inch marks”. Most word processors have got smart quotes figured out, and even most blogging platforms support plugins that will automatically replace your inch marks with smart quotes — the lazy way out, but it works…