By Judy Vorfeld Wonder how to abbreviate days of the week and months? Let’s take three excellent style guides and see what they offer. THE GREGG REFERENCE MANUAL, TENTH EDITION (502) says, “Days of the week, names of the months … should be abbreviated only on business forms, […]
By Judy Vorfeld Have you ever wanted to become an expert on alliteration? If nothing else, it’s a beautiful word! Seriously, when one uses alliteration properly – especially in publications – it is subtly effective. If you work on Web sites, ezines, or print publication, this may be a good time for you […]
By Judy Vorfeld When should we use quotation marks for fairly common expressions and figures of speech, including slang? (A figure of speech is a word or phrase such as a metaphor, simile, hyperbole , or personification, according to Wikipedia.) Quotation marks are rarely needed for common expressions, says […]
By Judy Vorfeld Once upon a time, before the Kádár regime closed the borders between Austria and Hungary, 194,000 Hungarians fled their homeland. Among these people were desperate, determined members of a very special family. They headed out one dark night, taking turns carrying a small girl as they raced […]
As originally published in VirtualPROMOTE Gazette http://jimworld.com By Judy Vorfeld Are you one of the many bright people who speaks well but has trouble with the mechanics of writing: following those confusing rules concerning spelling, punctuating, capitalizing, etc.? Is a relative, co-worker or editor constantly whipping out a dictionary, […]
