Move over, debate about the Oxford/serial comma, because now the debate is whether or not to use the em dash. As it turns out, one of my favourite punctuation marks is the em dash—and I will continue to use it, thank you very much. This weekend I was reminded about em dashes by a friendContinue reading “The Em Dash (more controversial punctuation)”
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Which or That (not always simple)
We have almost no problem having a conversation with people. If you are fluent in English, you might not even think about the order of your words as you speak. But something changes when we put words onto the page: suddenly we notice word order and word choice. Some of those hesitations happen over whetherContinue reading “Which or That (not always simple)”