The Comma Queen Explains How to Properly Employ Punctuation In and Around Parentheses
Now that summer is over and things have returned to normal, the very amusingly informative Mary Norris aka “The Comma Queen” offered helpful advice regarding…
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A Costumed Comma Queen Explains the Murky Difference Between ‘Farther’ and ‘Further’
In a Halloween episode of her humorously informative grammar series, the very knowledgeable Mary Norris who was in costume as the “The Comma Queen” explained…
The Proper Use of the Comparative Words ‘Like’ and ‘As’ Within a Descriptive Sentence
In a Thanksgiving episode of her humorously informative grammar series, the very knowledgeable and witty Mary Norris aka “The Comma Queen” explained the proper use…
The Proper Grammatical Use of the Words ‘Affect’ and ‘Effect’ as Both Nouns and Verbs
For her very amusingly informative New Yorker series the plain-spoken Mary Norris aka “The Comma Queen” offered her welcome assistance in regard to the words…
The Comma Queen Offers Advice About Which Relative Pronoun Best Refers to Animals
While on location at the beach, the very funny and informative Mary Norris aka “The Comma Queen” offered a rather open-ended explanation about how to…
The Comma Queen Debates Whether ‘None’ is Singular or Plural While Relaxing on a Sandy Beach
While on location at the beach, the very informative Mary Norris aka “The Comma Queen” explains the etymology of the English word “none”, whether the…
The Comma Queen Explains the Distinct Difference Between the Relative Pronouns ‘That’ and ‘Which’
In a new episode of her humorously informative grammar series, the very knowledgeable Mary Norris aka “The Comma Queen” explains the difference between relative pronouns…
The Comma Queen Explains How to Fix a Dangling Participle Within a Sentence
In a new episode of her humorously informative grammar series, the very knowledgeable Mary Norris aka “The Comma Queen” explains the concept of a participle…
The Comma Queen Explains the Origins of the Ampersand Symbol
In the latest episode of her grammar series, the very informative Mary Norris aka “The Comma Queen” explained the origins of the ampersand (&), defended…
The Comma Queen Explains the Proper Use of Those Pesky Pronouns That End in ‘Self’
In a new episode of her grammar series, the very informative Mary Norris aka “The Comma Queen“, still on location at CW Pencil Enterprises, explains…