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Rules for the Apostrophe

noreply@blogger.com (Sara Elliott) — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:54:00 +0000

Rules for handling the apostrophe in difficult situations: plurals, words ending in s, etc.

The Apostrophe

Follow Sensible Writing Rules

noreply@blogger.com (Sara Elliott) — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:00:00 +0000

Mark Twain's Rules of Writing

Prepositions in English

noreply@blogger.com (Sara Elliott) — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 02:13:00 +0000

What follows is an alphabetical list of all the prepositions in English:

aboard
about
above
across
after
against
along
amid
among
anti
around
as
at
before
behind
below
beneath
beside
besides
between
beyond
but
by
concerning
considering
despite
down
during
except
excepting
excluding
following
for
from
in
inside
into
like
minus
near
of
off
on
onto
opposite
outside
over
past
per
plus
regarding
round
save
since
than
through
to
toward
towards
under
underneath
unlike
until
up
upon
versus
via
with
within
without

Accessing Special Symbols in Word

noreply@blogger.com (Sara Elliott) — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:35:00 +0000

If you have ever wondered how folks get those nifty symbols that don't show up on your keyboard and aren't immediately accessible in MS Word, there is a special four digit code that will apply a specific symbol to your text when entered while holding down the alt key. Really. Visit this site for a list of symbols with their corresponding codes and give it a try:

http://utopia.knoware.nl/users/eprebel/Communication/CharacterSets/Windows.html

The next time you need a copyright symbol, or a degree symbol for your F in Fahrenheit, pull out your trusty code index and go for it.