Creating Signs and Symbols on Your Keyboard
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 after an ending punctuation may still be raging on within the land, but the war is over according to most authorities. Use just a single space after a period, exclamation point, colon, and question mark. Please remember that I am not “the decider,” just your humble messenger.
Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation
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An indispensable tool for busy professionals, teachers, students, home-school families, editors, writers, & proofreaders.
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* Confusing Words & Homonyms
* Grammar Rules
* Punctuation & Capitalization
* Rules for Writing Numbers
* More than Two Dozen FREE Quizzes in interactive format with answers
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**Donation of Blue Books to New Orleans Public Schools
I have donated 150 copies of The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation to James Weldon Johnson Elementary School. Assistant Principal Kim Nance was very grateful and wanted everyone to know that the New Orleans schools need more textbooks as well as mental health professionals to work with the kids and families there. You may contact Kim directly at 5-40-861-7718 if you can be of service.
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** I am offering my subscription area quizzes free to One Laptop Per Child, a nonprofit organization that makes and donates laptops to children in developing countries worldwide. This will provide hundreds of thousands of children the English skills they so desperately want and need. I encourage you to check out OPLC at Laptop.org to learn how you can participate in their buy one/give one program.
Remember, you already have the opportunity to buy a subscription and give one FREE to your favorite teacher/school.
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Jane’s video explaining Subject and Verb Agreement
I’ll be making more videos soon so keep checking Grammarbook.com.
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