Did you know that there was no key on the standard manual typewriter that could make an exclamation point before the 1970s?
Fun with Misplaced Modifiers
In the English language, words are generally understood to go with the words that are near them. Putting words in other places in a sentence often makes the sentence unclear — or even silly. The problem is generally with misplaced or dangling modifiers. These modifiers are generally prepositional phrases or participial phrases. Misplaced phrases are […]
Commas Part 9: Yet More Comma Uses!
Will the comma rules ever end? Yes, I promise they will . . . and here are some more!
