Some Grammar and Punctuation Rules
1.	“Comma and “ Rule: Connecting words (conjunctions) like “for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so” (spells “fanboys”) cannot join sentences unless preceded by a comma. Otherwise, you have a run-on.
2.	A name following an identification or an identification following a name is set off in commas.
3.	Quotations following a tag line are preceded by a comma.
4.	Capitalize the first word in a quotation unless it’s a single word or phrase worked into a sentence.
5.	Commas and periods always go inside the ending quotation marks.
6.	Sentences must be separated by a period, simi-colon, or comma plus a conjunction. Commas and conjunctions alone may not separate sentences. These create run-ons.
7.	Sentences must be separated within quotations also.
8.	Quotations followed by a tag line have a comma not a period at the end of the quotation.
9.	There is never more than one piece of punctuation at the end of a quotation before a tag line.
10.	Subordinate clauses at the beginning of a sentence are followed by a comma.
11.	Subordinate clauses at the end of a sentence have no comma.
12.	Prepositional phrases before a sentence are followed by a comma.
13.	Prepositional phrases at the end of a sentence have no comma before them.
14.	Don’t use the word “so” to mean “very” in a sentence. It creates a fragment.
15.	Singular subjects cannot be referred to as “them” or “they.”
16.	Direct quotations are in present tense and must have quotation marks. Indirect quotations are in past tense and don’t have quotation marks.
17.	You must paragraph between change of speakers in dialogue.
18.	You must spell out numbers under 10.