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However should I use ‘however’? – Punctuation and word order with conjunctive adverbs

Posted on May 13, 2019 by Super-proofreader

As is no big surprise when it comes to the English language, the question of how to use ‘however’ is complicated by the fact that the word has two different meanings: ‘in whatever way’ and ‘by contrast’. ‘However’ meaning ‘in…

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Posted in Grammar, Punctuation

Punctuation IV: Colons

Posted on November 25, 2016 by Super-proofreader

Are you using colons correctly? This post should help you find out. When using colons, the most common pitfall is to confuse their use with that of semicolons (you can revise semicolons with our previous post, Punctuation I: The Semicolon).…

Tagged with: clause, colon, direct speech, explain, introduce, introduction, list, phrase, punctuation, quotation, quote, semicolon, speech, usage
Posted in Proofreading/copy-editing, Punctuation

Punctuation I: The Semicolon

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Super-proofreader — No Comments ↓

Let’s take a break from homophones and consider the semicolon (;). Semicolons are frequently misused – I generally find that they are either overused (replacing colons and commas) or not used at all. There are three rules to remember when…

Tagged with: copy-editing, proofreading, punctuation, semicolon
Posted in Punctuation