LACCRA Seminar: Happy Punctuating! Part 2

Presenter: Margie Wakeman Wells
Date: Saturday, July 25, 2026
Time: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. 
Location: Online via GoToMeeting
Hours/CEUs: 2 LASC hours; .20 NCRA CEUs
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Description/Objectives: The session will begin with an analysis of how to condense the several hundred comma rules into a workable guideline, including a discussion of recent changes in the rules.

The remainder of the session will cover punctuation rules for the correct use of the semicolon and will include a discussion of punctuating the series in all its variations. Time permitting, we will cover some of the “problem areas” when punctuating the spoken word with time devoted to questions from the attendees.

Meet Margie Wakeman Wells: Margie is in her seventh decade of teaching, 49 of those years in court reporting education. She has presented, under the auspices of NCRA and state organizations, over 300 seminars for reporters, teachers, and students on English-related topics.
 
Court Reporting: Bad Grammar/Good Punctuation is her best-selling reference text, which has an accompanying Workbook with 250 pages of exercises to practice the rules. She recently released Just Grammar, a text that explains basic English grammar and offers exercises to practice the concepts. She has also published Word Pares, Pears, Pairs and All Things English, a practice book on English skills. 
 
Margie operates Margie Holds Class, her online school for live and recorded classes; answers questions on the popular subscription site Margie’s Gurus; and sponsors Margie’s English Corner, a free Facebook group.