Grammar

interesting facts about language, etc.

before you find yourself on a dash spree, remember: less Morse code, more English.

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the “well,” or the middle section of the magazine,

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The em dash will shine bright, however, if you’re indicating a break in thought, aiming for an emphatic pause, or setting off an aside that’s a step above being relegated to parentheses.

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fandoms derived from a proper name should also be capitalized:

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•Between adjectives whose order can be swapped (“He was a kind, generous man”).

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•North Korean names are usually written as three separate words, family name first (e.g., Kim Jong Un). South Korean names are typically two names: family name first, and given name hyphenated, with a lowercase letter after the hyphen

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Italicize titles of films, but use roman type for franchises in the general sense or when they act as a descriptor: “He has tons of Star Wars memorabilia”

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•Words that end in -es and are spelled the same as both the singular and plural form take only an apostrophe for the possessive of both forms (series’, species’

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•Use “s” for all singular possessive nouns, e.g., Chris’s, Katniss’s.