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Notes

• How to Add an Image to a Word File

Punctuation

• Celebrate the Power of Punctuation!
• Commas and Introductory Clauses
• How to Use a Comma With Abbreviations Following a Person’s Name
• No Comma before Jr or II
• One Space or Two Spaces after a Period?
• Punctuation in Business English (Part 1)
• Punctuation in Business English (Part 2)
• Seven Tips on Using the Hyphen
• Six Ways to Use the Comma
• The Semicolon
• The Semicolon Revisited
• Three Ways to Use the Apostrophe
• A Tribute to National Punctuation Day
• Use a Comma to Set Off Contrasting Expressions

Vocabulary

• Affect and Effect
• Avoid Redundonyms in Writing
• Comprise-Compose
• ie and eg
• Is It a Number or a Numeral?
• Is It Lie or Lay?
• Is it Who or Whom
• Most Important not Most Importantly
• Sourpuss Words
• Quiz on 20 Commonly Misspelled Words
• The Top 24 Grammatical Terms
• The Word Usage Dilemma
• When to Use Compare to and Compare with
• Word of the Year 2016

Writing Tips

• Tool for Reasoning Fair Use
• Tool for Reasoning Fair Use_SHORT.pdf
• Addressing Mail to Same Sex Couples
• Best Practices in Using Pronouns Ending in “self”
• Capitalizing Acronyms and Web Matters
• Crash Blossoms
• Editor's Marks
• Effective Writing for a Target Audience
• Five Ways to Fit Your Letter on One Page
• Grammar Review - Mapping a Sentence
• Happy Grammar Day - Anagrams
• How to Address Letters to Ranking Members of the Armed Forces
• How to Choose the Right Verb
• How to Cite Books
• Lists - Basic Rules
• Lists - Guidelines for Punctuation
• Lists - Punctuation and Capitalization
• Notes on Writing from Successful Writers
• Options for Listing Information
• Practice Plain Language
• Prepositions at the End of a Sentence
• Review of Guidelines for Use of Numerals
• Singular Noun with a Plural Possessive
• Ten Tips for Proofreading Effectively
• The Right Preposition
• The Dictionary: Tool for Good Writing
• The Difference Between a Reference List and a Bibliography
• The Manual is Just a Guide
• Tips for Making Pronoun Agreement Gender Neutral
• What is Editing?
• What Verb should I use with a Collective Noun?
• When to Hyphenate Words
• When to use Sic in Correspondence
• Where to put “only”
• Why Use a Style Sheet? (includes template)
• Words That Begin With a Capital Letter

Oldies But Goodies

1. Myriad, a myriad of, myriads

2. Among and Between

3. Comprise; Compose

4. Capitalizing

5. Is it Fewer or Less?

6. Punctuation and Capitalization in Lists

7. Singular noun with a plural possessive

8. Reining in the wrong metaphor

9. U.S. Mail & MCPS Pony Mail Tips

Contact Donna M. Marks or call the Editorial Help Desk at 240-740-2971.