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 Time to look at three pairs of words that give many people problems. Criteria vs. Criterion “Criteria” is plural (like “phenomena”), while “criterion” is singular, like “phenomenon.” You have one criterion or many criteria. It’s easy to be confused, since some words (e.g., “data” […]
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 […]
