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Exciting Writing: This Month: The Colon!
Colons are used in Latin and in Romance languages pretty much the same way we use them in English. (Colons caught on in English about…
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The Semicolon, Semi-explained
Once upon a time, a period married a colon and gave birth to a semicolon. The semicolon had some of the characteristics of a period…
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Rising Above the Comma, Revisited
Last month’s EWA prompted a number of complementary messages and a few suggestions for improvements.
Tom Schneider found two typographical errors. Particularly distressing to me…
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Rising Above the Common Comma
I have wanted to delve into grammar with my ExcitingWriting Advisories for some time but had many reasons for not going there. How much can…
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Exciting Writing- Funny Words
As you may already know, I enjoy words and find them very entertaining. In past ExcitingWriting Advisories, I have shared with you words I love.…