Commas are often a source of headache for people, especially those who have not been readily exposed to writing strategies. Albeit mostly seen as a writing issue, the punctuation system actually serves multivarious purposes that make writing more even more effective and attractive. Welcome to Linguaholic, your go-to website when it comes to any comma-related …
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Writing needs more detailed attention than speaking because we have to consider grammatical elements such as sentence structure and writing style in mind. To add fuel to the fire, we also need to have a good grasp of the punctuation system to make writing more accurate, coherent, and unambiguous. As this is the case, we …
Hello, you! Thanks for dropping by on our humble page. You must be here because you’re either quite eager to learn more about how commas work, or you’re simply confused as to why they even exist. Punctuation marks are a writer’s inner cliques, and among all of them, the comma has always been dubbed as …
One reason commas can be confusing is because just when you think you’ve learned a rule you can apply consistently, you find out there are exceptions. This is the case with the phrase “no thanks.” Do you need a comma after the “no” or not? There are a few different ways to think about this, …
Using punctuation marks is nothing short of confusing, taxing, and even time-consuming; blame this on the variation among the rules in writing style guides. Language is inherently arbitrary, and writers have the prerogative to calibrate their writing style to make their inner thoughts visible to readers. So today, we’ll try to focus our sense-making on …
Just when you think you might be mastering the comma in English, you might come across an idiom or set phrase that can add some confusion. Every language has expressions and phrases that would not make a lot of sense if you took them literally or broke them down into their individual components. “Not one …
Sometimes, you encounter a group of words that are always used together and that have a different definition from their literal meaning. These phrases are called “idioms.” The phrase “not to mention” is sometimes used as an idiom. Knowing when it is an idiom is an important part of identifying whether it also needs a …
A fixed phrase or expression is a set of words that are always used together to convey a certain concept. “Last but not least” is one of those types of phrases. Those four words are used to express the idea that although you are mentioning something last, that placement does not mean that it is …
Have you ever been stuck writing because you still need to double-check whether a comma is supposed to be inserted in between or among your words, phrases, and clauses? (To be clear, I’m not talking about Santa, okay? And he’s only one, so you can’t pluralize his last name.) And, have you ever wished of …