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2002 NCAA Div. III Baseball World Series

at Appleton, Wis. (May 24-28) Participants: Carthage, Wis. (34-9); Christopher Newport, Va. (35-14); College of New Jersey (34-12); Concordia-Austin, Texas (35-11); Eastern Connecticut St. (35-10-1…

A Concise Guide to Grammar and Style

This concise guide to grammar and style will help you quickly review rules of capitalization, punctuation, forms of address, and italicization. It's also a great tool for children to learn…

Using Punctuation

End MarksCommaColonSemicolonDashes & HyphensBrackets & ParenthesesApostropheQuotation MarksSee also: Punctuation Matters

End Marks

Use a period after a declarative or imperative statement:I went to the library. Sign your name here.Use a question mark after a direct question or to indicate uncertainty:What is your name?…

Comma

Use a comma:To separate words in a list or series: The baby likes grapes, bananas, and cantaloupe.To separate two or more adjectives that come before a noun when and can be substituted…

Colon

Use a colon:To introduce a list, or words, phrases, and clauses that explain, enlarge upon, or summarize what has gone before: Please provide the following: your name, address, and phone…

Brackets & Parentheses

Use brackets to set off words or letters in quoted matter that have been added by someone other than the author: “She [Willa Cather] is certainly one of the great American writers of the…

Quotation Marks

Use quotation marks:To set off direct quotations: “Let's go to the beach,” she suggested.To set off titles of short stories, articles, chapters, essays, songs, poems, and individual radio…