Liz in Newport Beach, Calif., posed a good question about commas. Consider the following two sentences. "Days are usually great, but, when they aren't great, they still pass in 24 hours." "Every word ...

Whenever you write a description or story that contains spoken words, you must be careful to use correct punctuation in the speech. These are called speech or quotation marks, and the rules for using ...

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has a problem with improper punctuation and his staff is making sure everyone at the State Department knows about it. According to CNN, the former Kansas congressman is ...

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has urged his staff to make sure the State Department is properly using commas, according to emails obtained by CNN. CNN reported Wednesday that Pompeo’s top staff has ...