Judy Vorfeld When writing, you may have wondered about capitalizing certain continents, countries, cities, oceans, etc. Capitalize entities, says Chicago Manual of Style (8.44), that appear on maps. Also capitalize the adjectives and nouns derived from them. Examples: (Asia/Asian; California/Californian; Ireland/Irish)
Read more →Judy Vorfeld TO WAIVE In the business and sports worlds, “waive” is used quite often. Here are some meanings: To give up a claim to something To hold back from insisting on/enforcing a rule, penalty, requirement To cancel or postpone (sometimes temporarily) A few synonyms: sacrifice, surrender, give up, […]
Read more →Judy Vorfeld COMPELLED: You’ve no choice. IMPELLED: To do something even if you may not like doing it; it’s the right thing to do. (Example: when I was a kid, I sometimes took small change from one of the drawers in my parents’ dresser, went to the store on the corner, […]
Read more →Judy Vorfeld A BREACH: A gap/in violation of something. Think security breach, agreement/promise breach, rupture. TO BREACH: to break open/through. Think breakthrough (business) or breakout (prison), or what whales do. A BREECH: lower/back part of something (breech birth or presentation), the part of a firearm behind the barrel. BREECHES: Old-fashioned […]
Read more →Judy Vorfeld HANGER: clothes hanger are found in closets Picture hangers are found behind pictures and other wall hangings. Paperhangers, who are found hanging paper. Wallpaper. HANGAR: Found at airports. Actually, they are buildings meant to protect aircraft. You can also find clothes hangers in airport hangars, […]
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