Sarah EA Hart
ABOUT ME: Sarah EA Hart is an Autistic and disabled writer and editor who loves examining the underbelly of society and looking for the cracks of light under which forgotten people flourish. She just graduated from Emerson College with an MFA in Popular Fiction Writing & Publishing. She lives in Virginia with her husband and their cats. You can find her on Instagram as an author or as an editor.
How to Use Semicolons
Let’s talk about a type of punctuation that is often used incorrectly. The semicolon ( ; ) is a mix between a comma ( , ) and a colon ( : ), but it does not take the place of either punctuation mark! A semicolon is used to join two independent clauses (sentences). If you…
Dialogue Tags vs. Action Tags
A dialogue tag signifies how the dialogue is being presented and who it is being presented by. The most common example of a dialogue tag is he said. This shows who is speaking the dialogue (he) and how he’s doing it (in this case, he simply said it). On the other hand, an action tag…
In Defense of the Oxford Comma
[Context: I was asked on a recent job application to do the following: “In 500 words or fewer, write a structured argument to support your most unpopular opinion.” I now present to you my exactly-500-word manifesto:] Use of the Oxford, or serial, comma should be mandatory in grammatically correct sentences. Opponents claim that it is…
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