Donna Lowe
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Donna Lowe
If the word ends in a consonant, add ing or ed, with no hyphen (e.g., computering, computered
Emmy J. Favilla • A World Without "Whom"
1982 [the first recorded instance of the digital emoticon]
Emmy J. Favilla • A World Without "Whom"
It’s standard for women to add an “a” to the end of their last name if they aren’t married or if they are commonly known as such
Emmy J. Favilla • A World Without "Whom"
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"
Leonard Bernstein’s Tanglewood sermon was intended to send the young musicians off with high hopes:
.. It's the artists of the world, the feelers and the thinkers, who will ultimately save us, who can articulate, educate, defy, insist, sing and shout the big dreams. Only the artists can turn the "Not-Yet" into reality. All right, how do you do it? L... See more
.. It's the artists of the world, the feelers and the thinkers, who will ultimately save us, who can articulate, educate, defy, insist, sing and shout the big dreams. Only the artists can turn the "Not-Yet" into reality. All right, how do you do it? L... See more
•Do not use an apostrophe when a word is primarily descriptive rather than possessive: e.g., homeowners association, kids department, teachers college, writers room. [The word is acting more like an adjective than a possessive noun.]
Emmy J. Favilla • A World Without "Whom"
The bigger-picture creation (the “mother,” if you will) takes italics, while the components within it (the “baby” creations) take quotation marks. You’d put book titles in italics but chapter names in quotes;
Emmy J. Favilla • A World Without "Whom"
•When a proper noun is already plural, the usual rule for possessives applies: The Smiths’, Rolling Stones’, the United States’ policies
Emmy J. Favilla • A World Without "Whom"
Italicize titles of films, but use roman type for franchises in the general sense or when they act as a descriptor: “He has tons of Star Wars memorabilia”