I wonder if I can cite this thread for the attorneys who review my work, when they edit my perfectly correct, apostrophe-free plural abbreviations. Damn lawyers!
Or maybe I can just hire Bob the Angry Flower to run our next in-house legal writing training session. That should go over really well.
LOL, some of you are intellectual crackheads.
J/K
*Originally posted by pulykamell *
The en dash is alt-0150
There usually is a distinction between when the en- and when the em- dash are used.
Generally, the en-dash is used for inclusive figures, periods of time, and that sort of thing.
Eg:
The years 1947–1952
He will be gone April–October. (Better perhaps to leave the preposition in in cases like these.)
The em-dash is used for asides, breaks in thought, long pauses and the such (as in Daniel ’s example above.) **
Great stuff! Now, about the proper use of the forward slash in vB code…
jjimm
May 22, 2003, 8:23am
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I’d like to welcome gluteus maximus to the boards, and congratulate him/her for his/her intelligent good humor (or humour, if you will).
*Originally posted by julian64 *thought to be making a mistake when you’re a technical author, copywriter and proofreader by trade! **
Thank you, you saved me a trip to a style book. I know what you mean about those little technical things. I have been a copyeditor and reporter and got so hung about about “Writing samples available on request” OR “Writing samples available upon request” that I now say simply, “Writing samples available.” If they can’t figure out to request them they’re too dumb to work for anyway.
*Originally posted by julian64 *
Mind you, I’m so paranoid that someone reading my CV will think my correct use of the apostrophe in “14 years’ experience” is “wrong”, that I write “14 years of experience” instead. It’s especially important not to be thought to be making a mistake when you’re a technical author, copywriter and proofreader by trade! **
Proofreading should always be done twice for best effect.
Hinten
May 23, 2003, 9:50pm
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I just thought of another one that I see frequently on this board:
‘Here, here’ might or might not persuade your dog to come closer to you. ‘Hear, hear’ is used to express approval or affirmation.
