By Judy Vorfeld Will you break some of the sacred top ten Web Design Rules for Success if you create clumpy clusters of yellow text parked on an orange background, surrounded by bouncing hippos or cattle wearing shoes? It depends. Some frivolity might be appropriate for Vegetarian Shoes, […]
By Judy Vorfeld UNDERLINING Did you know that, for many years, authors underlined text merely as a way to instruct typesetters to italicize words? Then along came desktop publishing (DTP), which made underlining popular as a way of providing emphasis. It’s often used that way today, but is no […]
By Judy Vorfeld Have you ever wondered how to use titles in letters, press releases, and other documents? Especially when there are unusual circumstances? Like writing to a husband and wife, and the wife is the one with special credentials? There are different protocols. ARTICLES AND PRESS RELEASES […]
By Judy Vorfeld Have you ever wondered if it’s okay to say, “The corporation had their records audited” or whether you should say, “The corporation had its records audited”? This is a subject-verb agreement issue. Let’s begin by reviewing what style guides say regarding this issue: “Is a corporation […]
By Judy Vorfeld Welcome to the world of suspended hyphens. When one or more hyphenated adjectives** has a common basic element and this element is shown only with the last term, insert a suspending hyphen after each of the incomplete adjectives to indicate a relationship with the last term. What does […]
