Donna Lowe

a person who transitions to become female is a transgender woman, whereas a person who transitions to become male is a transgender man.

•Personal pronouns never take apostrophes.

Traditionally, curly (or so-called “smart”) quotes have had a use distinct from straight (also called “regular” or the not-so-nice “dumb”) quotes. Pairs of the former are used to enclose quoted material—and they’re “smart” enough to know when to open a quote and when to close it, hence the moniker—while the latter should be reserved for, say, the s

one important function of the comma is its use in what’s called the vocative case, or when someone (or something—sometimes life gets lonely) is being addressed directly.

•Do not use an apostrophe when a word is primarily descriptive rather than possessive: e.g., homeowners association, kids department, teachers college, writers room. [The word is acting more like an adjective than a possessive noun.]

foot and inch marks—technically known as the prime and double prime symbol, respectively—(

two pretty straightforward examples: The duo is recording an album (they’re recording it as a unit), but The duo are going their separate ways (both members, as individual people, are planning to embark on different journeys;

Basically: Be conscious of not making assumptions.

Use ing or an apostrophe + d to create the verb form of an all-capped abbreviation