Joseph W. Berey offers this cautionary tale: "In the mid 1980s, the state of Louisiana was in the midst of an economic downturn caused by the cyclical oil industry being on hard times. "As a result, ...

If you don't know how to punctuate an adverb clause or couldn't advise someone when to use a semicolon rather than a colon—even with a gun to your head—consider the two standards for punctuation in ...