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Archive for July, 2007

Ellipsis Marks

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Ellipsis Marks (three dots) are used to show the omission of a word, phrase, line, or paragraph(s), from a quoted passage.
The Three-dot Method
There are many methods for using ellipses. The three-dot method is the simplest and is appropriate for most general works and many scholarly ones. The three- or four-dot method and an even more [...]

Bad vs. Badly

Friday, July 6, 2007

The word bad is an adjective used to modify nouns and pronouns.
Example: She was in a bad accident.
Adverbs often end in ly. The word badly is an adverb that answers how about the verb.
Example: She was hurt badly in the accident.
The confusion comes with the sense verbs: taste, look, smell, and feel.
When we use these [...]

Different From vs. Different Than

Friday, July 6, 2007

The expressions different from and different than have been used almost interchangeably for at least 300 years.

Different from is preferred to introduce a phrase; however, different than may also be used.
Example: New Orleans natives’ speech is different from that of New York natives’ speech.
Example: New Orleans natives’ speech is different than that of New York [...]