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Archive for January 2012

Book Titles on the Web

By Judy Vorfeld What’s the proper way to dis­play the title of a book on a Web page? The tra­di­tional method of under­lin­ing makes it con­fus­ing for Web users, who expect an under­lined word or phrase to be a hyper­link. Should the title be bolded? Italicized? What about quo­ta­tion marks? A […]

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Grammar Questions for Judy

By Judy Vorfeld Are you a gram­mar expert? The word “expert” makes me ner­vous. Pedestals can be very unsta­ble. I know where to find most answers to gram­mar and style prob­lems and I love — and have a nat­ural affin­ity for — lan­guage. I’m skilled at edit­ing every­day American English from a num­ber of per­spec­tives because […]

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Grammar Basics

By Judy Vorfeld Adjectives are mod­i­fiers. They describe nouns and spec­ify size, color, num­ber, etc., e.g., The small “x” in the upper cor­ner of the win­dow is used to exit your file. Adverbs describe verbs, adjec­tives & other adverbs, e.g., The exhausted sec­re­tary screamed loudly as her monitor […]

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Dictionaries and Glossaries

By Judy Vorfeld 10,000 year Calendar A Glossary of Yiddish Expressions Acronym Finder Acronyms Used in the Computer Community Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Initialisms: The Opaui Guide Lists Alpha Dictionary: 1065 English Dictionaries The American Heritage Book of English Usage Animated American Sign Language Dictionary American Sign Language Resource Guide […]

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