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The “two spaces after period” rule was established during the days of typesetters, when additional space was needed to show the difference between the spacing between words and the spacing between sentences. There’s a common saying that using two spaces after a period is the surest sign the writer is...

Ampersand The ampersand symbol we know first appeared in some graffiti on a Pompeian wall. It was around the first century AD, according to the New Yorker.  However, it wasn’t called an ampersand at the time. It was just a ligature of the cursive letters “E” and “T” forming the Latin word et, which...

Getting “spaced out” over spacing? Here are some quick tips and ideas to help you figure it all out! When creating a document, the question always arises, when do I double-space and when do I single-space? These rules of thumb can help! Any draft document should be double-spaced Whether on the screen...

Correct grammar is the basis for a well-written paper or article. “There,” “their,” and “they’re” are regularly misused homophones.  A homophone is a word that sounds the same as another word but is different in meaning. In this case, speaking any of these three words in conversation is all right....

For writing to flow smoothly, effective transitions are a must. It does no good for you to have the most well-documented and perfectly researched paper if the reader can’t follow your logic because of ineffective transitions. Likewise, writing the next great American novel is impossible without the use...