Archive for November, 2007

Creating Signs and Symbols on Your Keyboard

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

You can create signs and symbols by holding down the Alt key while you press the numbers on the right side of the keyboard. Make sure the Num Lock is on. This works in WORD, WORKS, e-mail, etc. I’ve added some symbols to my site, Grammarbook.com.
Additional Tip:
The debate about using one space or two spaces [...]

Assure vs. Ensure vs. Insure

Monday, November 26th, 2007

The three words, assure, ensure, and insure, are often confused so here are the definitions along with some examples to help clarify the distinctions for you.
Assure: to promise or say with confidence
Example: Let me assure you that I will be at the meeting at noon.
Ensure: to make sure something will/won’t happen
Example: To ensure my family’s [...]

Pronoun Tips

Sunday, November 11th, 2007

Pronouns take the place of nouns.
Subject Pronouns: I, you, he, she, it, we, they
Object Pronouns: me, you, him, her, it, us, them
Rule: Use a Subject Pronoun (also called Nominative Case), not only as the subject of a sentence, but after to be verbs when the pronoun renames the subject.

To be verbs: is, are, was, were, [...]