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Punctuation! Writing advice on commas and more.

Punctuation! Writing advice on commas and more.

by Margot Carmichael Lester | Sep 27, 2022 | Content & Content Operations, Writing/How to Write

It always surprises people when I tell them that punctuation is one of the last things I think about when writing. Sure, I want things to be correct (although that desire brings its own baggage), but while I'm drafting I'm not futzing over whether I need a comma...
Our love-and-hate relationship with punctuation

Our love-and-hate relationship with punctuation

by Margot Carmichael Lester | Aug 10, 2022 | What-Not

It's amazing how such tiny little marks prompt such big feelings. Punctuation -- especially commas -- create more tension in workplaces that the person who cooks fish in the break room microwave. (I need a new example since so few of us work anywhere near a break room...

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