At the end of the Great Depression, about 25% of American adults made New Year’s resolutions. At the beginning of the 21st century, about 40% did. How many people keep them? And where did the tradition come from?

I usually write a holiday post, often with quotes about some aspect of the season. This year I have chosen quotes about hope, and I have “stolen” the title of the post from President Obama’s book and famous speech.

Should I use a capital letter after a colon? This is a common question, and today’s blog post answers that question.

This blog post is about openings and closings or both letters and e-mails, business and personal.

The placement of other punctuation with quotation marks is still one of the most common questions I am asked, so let’s review. Punctuation can be messy!