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Grammar Song: Types of Punctuation Marks
Know the punctuation you need in every situation. This grammar song explains when to use commas, parentheses, quotations, semicolons, hyphens, dashes, italics, and underlining.Famous Love Stories in History
Love stories from around the world through the ages Related Links Valentine's Day Features Quotations from Classic Love Poems Love Poems on the Web From Reel Love to Real Love:…Love Stories in Literature, Opera, and Television
From Helen and Paris to the Kramdens Related Links Valentine's Day Features Famous Love Stories in History Favorite Opera Stories 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century…Punctuation: Apostrophes
ApostrophesPunctuationPunctuation MattersPeriod, Question Mark, Exclamation Mark: The End of the LineThe Comma: A Major PlayerThe Semicolon: Love Child of the Comma and the PeriodThe Colon: What a…The Origins of Mother's Day
On Sunday, May 8th, people in North America and around the world will celebrate Mother’s Day. Postal services will be inundated with affectionate Mother’s Day cards. Florists will prepare countless…NASDAQ Spelled Out
The Question: What does NASDAQ stand for? The Answer: According to the infoplease.com dictionary, "NASDAQ" stands for National Association of…The Devil's Dictionary: Quotient
by Ambrose Bierce QUOTATIONQUOTIENT -n. A number showing how many times a sum of money belonging to one person is contained in the pocket of another - usually about as many times as it can…George Herbert Quote
The Question: What is the origin of the often quoted phrase "living well is the best revenge"? I cannot find it anywhere! Fitzgerald? Elliot? The Windsors?…Book Seven
Book Seven What is badness? It is that which thou hast often seen. And on the occasion of everything which happens keep this in mind, that it is that which thou hast often seen.…The Devil's Dictionary: Quorum
by Ambrose Bierce QUIXOTICQUOTATIONQUORUM -n. A sufficient number of members of a deliberative body to have their own way and their own way of having it. In the United States Senate a…