Category: Punk, Punk, Punctuation

Commas in a Series

When I was English instructor at a community college, I taught students that the comma preceding the “and” in a series was optional, like when you write “The butterflies, hummingbird and finch . . .” Optional means that it was … Continue reading

Double Possession–Punctuation Lesson

Double Possession–Punctuation Lesson

I always pause when faced with a possessive construction that involves two people. Do you add the apostrophe “s” to both names or only to the latter one? Somewhere along the line I learned to put it on both names, … Continue reading