By Judy Vorfeld Why do you want to get involved in Desktop Publishing (DTP)? Perhaps you’re already involved, but have a feeling that you could do better and don’t know where to begin. Oh, please start here. I won’t be cruel, but I will offer some ideas of What Not […]
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 […]
By Judy Vorfeld Recently someone asked, “Is it still proper to address a letter to a company as: DEAR SIR OR MADAM?” According to The Gregg Reference Manual, Tenth Edition, by William A. Sabin, if you don’t know the names of anyone in a large organization, but know there are both […]
