Sometimes it’s easier and clearer to convey important information in the form of a vertical list, sometimes also known as a bullet list. There are several forms, and the form you choose is up to you. Be consistent, though, and follow the general guidelines here.
Last week, we gave you some general rules on possessives. This week, let's focus on possessives of proper nouns.
Topics: possessives of proper nouns, possessive form, possessives
To make singular nouns possessive, add an apostrophe and an s. For plural nouns (except for a few irregular plurals), add an apostrophe only.
Punctuation and Spacing with Abbreviations (from simple to not-so-simple)
Topics: using spaces in abbreviations, punctuation, abbreviations
Our editors often find the need to edit between two meanings. They try to make the right assumption after examining the context. What is left when they are done is clearer and more precise. It is often amazing how punctuation can make all the difference.
Topics: punctuation
Our client documents often have names of famous places incorrectly presented. This week's post covers how to properly punctuate names of places and structures. Names of buildings, architecturally or historically significant houses, thoroughfares, monuments, and the like are capitalized. An introductory the, even if part of the name, is not capitalized in running text.
Topics: capitalization
A common question we've received is about when to use "lay/lie/laid/laying". In this post we cover the differences. Hope it helps to answer your questions.
Many of our blog article topics are inspired by common mistakes we see in documents. Today's post is all about adverbs and participles.
Topics: hyphenation, participles, adverbs
Most readers know that superscript figures (usually numbers or asterisks) in text tell the reader to refer to a footnote or an endnote for a comment or a source reference. So informative writers of white papers and such will want to use superscript characters here and there to build up their credibility.
Topics: superscript, footnotes, punctuation
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