Grammar and Punctuation in Desktop Publishing
Learn how to combine proper grammar and punctuation with typographic punctuation in your deskto publishing projects. It's not enough to use curly quotes if you aren't using the quotation marks in the right place. Put your ellipsis in the right place then make it look good.
Grammar: Apostrophes
Kimberly Dawn Wells, writing for Suite 101, has tips on using apostrophes to show ownership.
Kimberly Dawn Wells, writing for Suite 101, has tips on using apostrophes to show ownership.
Grammar: Confusing Words
Guide Grace Fleming discusses some words that often confuse even the best writers including fewer/less, it's/its, and whose/who's with examples of how to use these words properly.
Guide Grace Fleming discusses some words that often confuse even the best writers including fewer/less, it's/its, and whose/who's with examples of how to use these words properly.
Grammar: Possessives
The Grammar Goddess helps make sense of where to put the apostrophe -- before or after the s -- when creating possessives.
The Grammar Goddess helps make sense of where to put the apostrophe -- before or after the s -- when creating possessives.
Grammar: Read Right, Write Right?
Posted July 2004: How the informality and internationality of Internet communications is affecting grammar and ways to combat the decline in writing proficiency.
Posted July 2004: How the informality and internationality of Internet communications is affecting grammar and ways to combat the decline in writing proficiency.
Grammar: Vocabulary
Here's a quick rundown from The Grammar Goddess of words that easily confused such as affect and effect, principal and principle, and assume and presume.
Here's a quick rundown from The Grammar Goddess of words that easily confused such as affect and effect, principal and principle, and assume and presume.
Punctuation Perils
Posted June 2004: There's a difference between informal writing and just not knowing how to use exclamation points and semi-colons.
Posted June 2004: There's a difference between informal writing and just not knowing how to use exclamation points and semi-colons.
Punctuation, punctuation, punctuation
Anne Caborn encourages the use of proper punctuation even in the sometimes less formal world of the Internet.
Anne Caborn encourages the use of proper punctuation even in the sometimes less formal world of the Internet.
Punctuation: Abuse of Quotation Marks
Guide Richard Nordquist laments the overuse and abuse of "quotes" in this blog commentary entitled Don't "Quote" Me.
Guide Richard Nordquist laments the overuse and abuse of "quotes" in this blog commentary entitled Don't "Quote" Me.
Punctuation: Commas
About Grammar and Composition posts 4 guidelines for effective use of commas.
About Grammar and Composition posts 4 guidelines for effective use of commas.
Punctuation: Dashes
One mark of professionally set type is the proper use of hyphens, en dashes, and em dashes. Each is a different size and has its own proper usage. Learn how to create, modify, and typeset en dashes (–), em dashes (—), and hyphens (-) in desktop publishing.
One mark of professionally set type is the proper use of hyphens, en dashes, and em dashes. Each is a different size and has its own proper usage. Learn how to create, modify, and typeset en dashes (–), em dashes (—), and hyphens (-) in desktop publishing.
Punctuation: Ellipsis
Elliptical periods, more commonly called an ellipsis, indicate the omission of text or an interruption or hesitation. Here's how to create them.
Elliptical periods, more commonly called an ellipsis, indicate the omission of text or an interruption or hesitation. Here's how to create them.
Punctuation: How to Punctuate Quotations
About Quotations Guide Simran Khurana wants to be sure that when you use quotations they don't appear as plagiarism or look amateurish. Follow these punctuation guidelines for quoting quotations.
About Quotations Guide Simran Khurana wants to be sure that when you use quotations they don't appear as plagiarism or look amateurish. Follow these punctuation guidelines for quoting quotations.
Punctuation: Periods, Question Marks, Exclamation Marks
Guide Richard Nordquist describes the proper use of end punctuation.
Guide Richard Nordquist describes the proper use of end punctuation.
Punctuation: Quotation Marks
Whether or not you are using typographically correct quotation marks, make sure you are using grammatically correct quotation marks.
Whether or not you are using typographically correct quotation marks, make sure you are using grammatically correct quotation marks.
Punctuation: Quotes, Apostrophes, and Primes
Avoid the look of an amateur by properly using typographer’s quotation marks (curly quotes) and apostrophes and primes in your desktop published documents. Learn how to access the curly quotes and proper apostrophes on a Mac or Windows PC.
Avoid the look of an amateur by properly using typographer’s quotation marks (curly quotes) and apostrophes and primes in your desktop published documents. Learn how to access the curly quotes and proper apostrophes on a Mac or Windows PC.
Punctuation: Semicolons, Colons, and Dashes
Guide Richard Nordquist tells us how and when to use these punctuation marks.
Guide Richard Nordquist tells us how and when to use these punctuation marks.
Special Characters: Accent Marks
Learn how to properly use diacriticals such as acute, tilde, and circumflex including tips on making them look better while using them correctly.
Learn how to properly use diacriticals such as acute, tilde, and circumflex including tips on making them look better while using them correctly.
Style: Bold Type
How to use bold type effectively.
How to use bold type effectively.
Style: Changes in Use of Small Caps, Commas, Dashes, and Abbreviations
Addresses changes to The Chicago Manual of Style as it applies to small caps and some punctuation conventions.
Addresses changes to The Chicago Manual of Style as it applies to small caps and some punctuation conventions.
Style: Italic Type
How to use italic type effectivley.
How to use italic type effectivley.
Style: Small Caps
How to use small caps effectively in desktop publishing.
How to use small caps effectively in desktop publishing.