Sister Mary Punctuation

Full disclosure, I am a social worker. I did not major in English, nor do I remember most of what I learned back in the day (read forever ago). Although I have a pretty good command of the English language, punctuation may will be problematic. Who remembers the correct placement of commas? Where does the apostrophe belong in a word? Do I put the punctuation inside or outside of quotation marks? Did I need to add the word of to that last sentence? These are the things that keep me up at night.

If you majored in English, this blog may result in unintended side effects, please Bayer with me. I welcome your suggestions and corrections, but for the love of all things holy, DO NOT use red ink. I still have nightmares about red ink. I once received a graded paper that looked like someone severed a limb on the page. I’m hoping things will improve – no guarantees promised.