Are you ready?
Is this the year you are going to write that book you've been thinking about? Or is it the year you will finish writing your [...]
How to Sign Your Holiday Cards
The holiday season is approaching. Please keep this in mind for your holiday cards and gifts: Do not use an apostrophe to make your name plural!!! [...]
En Dashes: The Basics
An en dash (–), which is slightly longer than a hyphen, is primarily used in number, date, or time ranges. (Chicago Manual of Style §6.78) When [...]
Hyphens: The Basics
We all know what a hyphen is. It’s that little dash (-) we often see at the end of a line to separate a word or [...]
Ellipses: The Basics
Oh, ellipses . . . Those three spaced periods can be used in so many ways. First, let’s talk about spacing. An ellipsis is three spaced [...]
Dictionaries
There are many different dictionaries out there. The Chicago Manual of Style recommends using Merriam-Webster dictionaries. (The Chicago Manual of Style §7.1) EFC uses Merriam-Webster dictionaries [...]