By Abbreviations, Quotation marks

What is proper? We saw Dad and Mom's new boat. (YES!) We saw Dad's and Mom's new boat (Wrong!) Joint possessives In the case of joint possession, i.e., when two or more people own something together, place the apostrophe or apostrophe s (‘s) only after the...

The (incomplete) Punctuation FAQ Hopefully this will grow in time, as other questions are asked and answered, and other people add to this. Hopefully (!) some kind moderator or adminstrator will mark this thread as sticky. INTRODUCTION In grammar, the rules are forged in a delicate balance...