Judy Vorfeld Discover the magic of formatting with Microsoft Word styles Plus writing, grammar, and Word tips Disclaimer: I have no financial arrangement with Pubslush.com. Rather I have a passion to help writers create the finest books possible, and Pubslush is providing me a platform in its blog to let me […]
Judy Vorfeld AFFLICT Sufferers are afflicted with/by disease/troubles. It means to bring great harm or suffering to someone, including many invisible afflictions such as migraine headaches, grief, depression, insomnia, and painful memories. People are also afflicted with conditions such as arthritis, blindness, measles, and cancer. Generally, we […]
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)
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, […]
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 […]
