There are people in the world who will pay money to bask in my grammar wisdom. Not many, mind you, and they won’t pay much, but that doesn’t change the fact that 15 people enrolled in a seminar I ...

The question is how to interpret the comma after “free state.” Justice Antonin Scalia, the author of the ruling, wrote that the comma set apart a mere preface to the “operative clause” of the ...

There are people in the world who will pay money to bask in my grammar wisdom. Not many, mind you, and they won’t pay much, but that doesn’t change the fact that 15 people enrolled in a seminar I ...

A comma helps to make meaning clear by separating words, phrases or clauses in a sentence. Commas are used to separate clauses, coordinate adjectives and items in a list. Commas are also used to ...

Mike Greiner teaches grammar to high school sophomores in half-hour lessons, inserted between Shakespeare and Italian sonnets. He is an old-school grammarian, one of a defiant few in the Washington ...

This term, grammar knowledge is looming large as a Supreme Court justice skill set. First, the meaning of commas in the Second Amendment emerged as a potentially major factor in deciding a gun case.

brendan-c on flickr John ate a slice of pepperoni pizza, and drank a bottle of beer. If that sentence doesn't make you involuntarily scowl, then you do not have a proper understanding of commas. Yet ...

When "because" is used to introduce a clause within a sentence, should it be preceded by a comma? You encounter this question often in your writing. The answer is sometimes yes, sometimes no. It ...

An error known as a comma splice (or comma fault) results when a comma is mistakenly placed between two independent clauses that are not joined by a coordinating ...