A World Without "Whom"
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Emmy J. Favilla • A World Without "Whom"
But Can I Start a Sentence with “But”?
Emmy J. Favilla • A World Without "Whom"
As for oz? That one comes from the Medieval Italians’ word for ounce: onza.
Emmy J. Favilla • A World Without "Whom"
“Everybody who speaks English decides together what’s a word and what’s not a word. Every language is just a group of people who are trying to understand each other...
Emmy J. Favilla • A World Without "Whom"
One example of a word that would perhaps be best left with a space is pit bull, to differentiate from Pitbull,
Emmy J. Favilla • A World Without "Whom"
The birth of the modern emoticon, grandparent of the emoji, is widely accepted to be attributed to Scott E. Fahlman, a Carnegie Mellon University professor
Emmy J. Favilla • A World Without "Whom"
Traditionally, curly (or so-called “smart”) quotes have had a use distinct from straight (also called “regular” or the not-so-nice “dumb”) quotes. Pairs of the former are used to enclose quoted material—and they’re “smart” enough to know when to open a quote and when to close it, hence the moniker—while the latter should be reserved for, say, the s
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1982 [the first recorded instance of the digital emoticon]
Emmy J. Favilla • A World Without "Whom"
readability may be an issue, which is why I’d opt for pre-op rather than preop, side-eye rather than sideeye, and gun-shy rather than gunshy