Jim Toner

Jim Toner
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Dialogue, Part I
Use dialogue to enliven your writing. But unless you know the many rules of punctuating dialogue, you'll be creating a mess. This tutorial (part 1 of 2) will teach you all you need to know about the thrilling world of punctuating dialogue.

Dialogue, Part 2, Punctuation
In this English tutorial, learn that some punctuation marks go inside quotation marks and some go outside. Also, what if you have a quotation inside of a quotation? What does that look like?

MLA format
What is the correct way to format your papers? This tutorial on the MLA format gives you all the answers.

Quotes vs. italics
When do you use quotation marks, and when do you use italics? Watch this tutorial to find out.

Colons
In this tutorial, learn everything you ever dreamed of knowing about... colons (the punctuation mark, not your intestines).