English Language Punctuation

Lesson #223: Avoiding confusion in your writing: 3 Punctuation Tips

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📗 “I don’t understand you,” said Alice. “It’s dreadfully confusing!” “That’s the effect of living backwards,” the Queen said kindly: “it always makes one a little giddy at first—” “Living backwards!” Alice repeated in great astonishment. “I never heard of such a thing!” – Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass (1871) 
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Lesson #162: All About Hyphens and Dashes (in UK and US English)

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​Nearly everyone knows about – even if they have not read – Jane Austen’s famous novels: Pride and Prejudice (1813), Sense and Sensibility (1811), Persuasion (1818), and Emma (1815), not to mention Mansfield Park (1814)and Northanger Abbey (1817). đŸ“š But most people, including native English speakers, are less familiar with Austen’s earlier (or unpublished) writings. Works like The

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