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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It’s a widely accepted standard that job titles (e.g., president, governor, editor-in-chief) should be capitalized when they directly precede a person’s name and lowercased when they do not: The pope visited New York, but Pope Francis gave blessings to New Yorkers
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The BuzzFeed Style Guide advises capitalizing only the first letter of words in trademarked product and brand names, unless that name is made of initials (e.g., AT&T, but Ikea, Lego, Nike
Emmy J. Favilla • A World Without "Whom"
one important function of the comma is its use in what’s called the vocative case, or when someone (or something—sometimes life gets lonely) is being addressed directly.
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Jane Straus’s Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation
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a person who transitions to become female is a transgender woman, whereas a person who transitions to become male is a transgender man.
Emmy J. Favilla • A World Without "Whom"
“‘Cis-’ is a Latin prefix meaning ‘on the same side as,’ and is therefore an antonym of ‘trans-.’
Emmy J. Favilla • A World Without "Whom"
•Personal pronouns never take apostrophes.
Emmy J. Favilla • A World Without "Whom"
But Can I Start a Sentence with “But”?
Emmy J. Favilla • A World Without "Whom"
•Use “s” for all singular possessive nouns, e.g., Chris’s, Katniss’s.