ALWAYS ON THE INSIDE –PERIODS– “Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.”–COMMAS–“You’re gonna need a bigger boat,” said Brody. ALWAYS ON THE OUTSIDE –COLONS–There are three things I liked best about “The Wizard of Oz”: the singing, the costumes, and the munchkins.–SEMICOLONS–Yesterday, she wanted to binge-watch “Downton Abbey”; today, however, […]
*IN GENERAL, the way to make joint possession for compound nouns is to make only the second noun possessive by adding ‘s to the end. (Example: Bill and Ted’s excellent house is blue.) But when one of the possessors is a personal pronoun, it doesn’t make sense to follow that rule. We have to put […]
“i.e.” is Latin for “id est,” meaning “that is.”“e.g.” is Latin for “exempli gratia,” meaning “for example.” Use “i.e.” when you want to give further explanation for something.Use “e.g.” when you want to give a few examples but not a complete list. i.e. = (think: “in essence”)e.g = (think: “examples given”) Please follow and like […]
The origin of the ampersand can be traced back to the Latin word “et,” meaning “and.” The E and the T that make up this word were occasionally written together to form a ligature (a character consisting of two or more joined letters). Writing the word this way saved the writer time, with one letter […]