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 Commas the Chicago Way: Commas with Relative Clauses, Appositives, and Descriptive Phrases
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By Patricia Collins
In Grammar
Posted November 13, 2020

Commas the Chicago Way: Commas with Relative Clauses, Appositives, and Descriptive Phrases

Or: Different Terms, Same Structure First come the grammar terms! Reading about The Chicago Manual of Style’s rules makes more sense if you know what a bunch of grammar terms mean. We tackle [...]

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 Commas the Chicago Way: Can We Depend on Commas in Dependent Clauses?
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By Patricia Collins
In Grammar
Posted October 16, 2020

Commas the Chicago Way: Can We Depend on Commas in Dependent Clauses?

Like most things to do with commas, kinda. Do you want to read this series in order? Start here. As we learned in our previous entry, knowing what to do with commas means knowing the meaning of [...]

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 Commas the Chicago Way: What’s Up With Independent Clauses and Commas?
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By Patricia Collins
In Grammar
Posted September 4, 2020

Commas the Chicago Way: What’s Up With Independent Clauses and Commas?

Or: Enter the grammar terms Having dispensed with the easy stuff (Comma series #1) and everyone’s favorite series comma (Comma series #2) the Chicago Manual of Style is starting to really throw [...]

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 Commas the Chicago Way: The Serial Comma. Where People Throw Down
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By Patricia Collins
In Grammar
Posted June 16, 2020

Commas the Chicago Way: The Serial Comma. Where People Throw Down

Recently, I sent an email to client where I delicately probed his feelings about the serial comma. He’d written a 15,000-word workbook where he didn’t use the serial comma 95% of the time. But [...]

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