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Chrismlangan wrote: The following sentences and explanation was found from a respected grammar website. … I’m curious about sentence number two because it seems to me like there should be no comma. Is the comma only necessary if the information is considered nonessential? ...

I like the dash. It lets one add emphasis and (dramatic) pauses. I think the summary in Webster's Third New International Dictionary is excellent: 7. THE DASH 7.0 In its function in writing and in the speech intonation to which it corresponds, the dash is similar to the comma and the colon,...

I would have used a comma before the final "and" or "or" in a series, like this: mother, and lesbian church, or community You need "losing parental custody" -- one "o" in "losing". I think you need a more parallel structure than "as an activist and through faith", maybe "through faith and...

It's now called The McGraw-Hill College Handbook See below. From McGraw-Hill's webpage. There's been some cut & pasting from the old edition but the song remains the same -:) The McGraw-Hill College Handbook Compositions Author(s): Richard Marius Harvey Wiener ISBN: 007040481X...