3. Enclose parenthetic expressions between commas. Author: William Strunk Jr. Copy Quote More from William Strunk Jr. “Rather, very, little, pretty -- these are the leeches that infest the pond of p…” “Young writers often suppose that style is a garnish for the meat of prose, a sa…” “It is an old observation that the best writers sometimes disregard the rules of…” “1. Form the possessive singular of nouns with 's.”