[Forum] RE: left

[quote='cheech1981' pid='9014' dateline='1364225550'] Minor note: should "his place" be "her place"? [/quote]No, she had visited him at his place. Thanks for your insights & votes.

[Forum] RE: Capitalize name of place

Used generically—in the sense of "a harbor town or city where ships may take on or discharge cargo," as defined by Merriam-Webster—I wouldn't. In this particular case, assuming you mean [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Split]the place in Croatia[/url], I'm more inclined to capitalize it. I

[Forum] Semicolon versus Comma with Quoted Dialogue

Hi, friends, In the two sentences below, may I place a semicolon after the words [i]hopefully[/i] and [i]Alec[/i]? I know that an option would be to place a period after each; then we could resume the second part of the quote by starting another sentence and capping the first word. (E.g., “In the

[Forum] Commas before "then"

In 6.57, CMOS states that you should place a comma before "then" when it is used in place of "and then" between two **independent** clauses. This is the only reference I can find in the text to using a comma before then. However, I recently came across an answer in the online Q&A that threw me for a

[Forum] RE: Food/Menu Items

Er, uh, did I hear my name? ;) Actually, I follow CMOS's "down" style for foods named for a place that do not directly come from that place. As with "french fries" or "venetian blinds," our house style is to lowercase terms like "brussels sprouts," "boston baked beans," "italian seasoning," and so

[Forum] Comma after "that"?

She said that[b] after the zombies come[/b] the world will be a better place. She said that the world will be a better place [b] after the zombies come[/b]. No commas for either, because "that" introduces relative subordinates, which can't be interrupted with a comma after "that." However,

[Forum] RE: Post-nominal degree - doctorate and master's

If it is necessary to place both degrees after your name, then place the most significant degree first: John Doe, MD, MSc.

[Forum] "Hi" and "Hello"

When we start a correspondence with "Hi" or "Hello," do we place a period or comma after each word? Example: Hi, I am writing to say . . . And did I correctly place the comma inside the quote mark after "Hello" above in accordance with American punctuation? Thanks again.

[Forum] RE: Elided letters & single apostrophe direction

I don't believe any of those are correct. If the middle word is a shortening of "and," you need to use an apostrophe in two places: (1) in place of the "a" and (2) in place of the "d." death ’n’ dismemberment mac ’n’ cheese Apostrophes [i]always[/i] curve like commas.

[Forum] Comma placement with lists of article titles with terminating punctuation

Greetings, In the following example, where does one place the comma - before the quotation mark, after, or at all? Some of the debates Joe Smith has been involved with include “Whats the deal with stuff?”, “Who is this place?”, and “Hello World." Thanks!