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Q&A Library of Congress filing: answering "intended for children or young adults"

Because of the "or", I assume the book doesn't have to be appropriate for both children and young adults. Correct. The Library of Congress first lumps things into two big groups based on whet...

posted 5y ago by Dan‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to punctuate dialogue tags with action descriptions

"It is correct to use commas in dialogue tags," said Dan, taking another bite of cheesecake. Note, however, you don't need a comma in cases like this: "I need to work out more," says the guy s...

posted 5y ago by Dan‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A What are good guidelines and practices for word emphasis?

This seems to be asking within the context of either a software medium or some instructional material referring to said software, so I'm answering from that perspective. In these cases, it's helpf...

posted 5y ago by Dan‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Are too many exclamations wrong?

Grammatically, there's nothing inherently wrong with it. But stylistically, it's definitely something you would want to curtail in formal writing. Many writers will rarely, if ever, have multiple ...

posted 5y ago by Dan‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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