Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation
“You,” “the user,” and “users”
“Must,” “can,” “may,” and “should”
“A” versus “the”
“A” versus “an”
“A” or “an?”
“Its” versus “it’s”
Subject-verb agreement
“That”
Clauses: Independent versus dependent
Two types of dependent clauses
“That” versus “which”
“That”/“which” or “who”?
Use present tense for documentation
Present versus present continuous tense
“State of being” verbs don’t use present continuous tense
Present or present continuous tense?
When do you use present continuous?
Present perfect tense
Present perfect continuous tense
Certain prepositions signal which perfect tense to use
Prepositions
Prepositions of movement
Prepositions of place
Place-of-work prepositions
Prepositions of time
Idiomatic use of prepositions
Commas: Five differences in English
Don’t use commas
Use commas
Commas are optional
Acronyms with plurals
Capitalization
When do you hyphenate?
Hyphenation may depend on whether term is adjective, verb, or noun
Incorrectly hyphenated terms
Hyphenate two or more words used as an adjective
Don’t hyphenate
Instead of a hyphen
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