Prior to computers, people were taught to underline titles of books and plays and to surround chapters, articles, songs, and other shorter works in quotation marks. However, here is what The Chicago Manual of Style says: When quoted in text or listed in a bibliography, titles of books, journals, plays, and other freestanding works are [...]

Whenever I receive a humorous e-mail, I have to pass it along to you. I promise to write something “more serious” next week but hope you smile when you read these.
Apparently, these are real notes written by parents. (Spellings have been left intact.)
1. My son is under a doctor’s care and should not take PE [...]

Many of you have been asking for help with punctuating between sentences. You want to know when you should use a comma and when you need a semicolon. Here are a few rules with examples that I hope you find very helpful.
Commas
Rule: Use a comma between two complete, long clauses (two subject and verb [...]