Casagrande: Punctuation matters: stick to the rules

Anyone who knows, or intuitively understands, that two words describing a noun are hyphenated ends up writing some compounds ...
Los Angeles Times

A Word, Please: Clarity is key when using commas, though there are other rules to consider

Here’s an interesting question posed to me recently: Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly? Look for fresh basil at your local grocery store, and, if it isn’t available, tell the ...
TribLIVE.com

Grammar — a ‘dating deal breaker’ — celebrates its own day; Oxford comma still debated

Wednesday is National Grammar Day, a time to celebrate good writing, strong syntax and proper punctuation. Grammar nerds likely cringed at that last sentence. It all depends on your feelings about the ...
The Economist

Is a comma grammar?

HAPPY National Grammar Day, everyone. Today's offering is only marginally on grammar. We've asked "What is grammar anyway?" here at Johnson. The layperson would almost certainly answer "those ...