By British English, Punctuation

Grammar Geek wrote:I haven't read through all the pages on this topic, but has anyone commented on how NON-homogeneous UK and US English is? It's not like there's one "British English" or one "American English" unless you're been to broadcasting school. Someone from Yorkshire and someone from...

Hi, When quoting, particularly in an academic context, the quote should be copied word for word and any mistakes of spelling or punctuation left in. In order to show that the mistake is not yours but the original author's follow the mistake with (sic). eg. "the cleaned it's (sic) paws" This is...

I learned the American rules for punctuation: periods and commas always go inside the quotation marks; colons and semi-colons always go outside; and question marks and exclamation points go where they actually make sense. I agree it's not logical, and sometimes I want to rebel and put that period...

British English American English Adopt nominate air hostess flight attendant bad form bad manners Bedsitter studio apartment Bellpush doorbell Bill check (restaurant payments), invoice Billion trillion bin liner trash bag Biscuit cracker, cookie Blower telephone Bonnet hood (of a...

All, taiwandave, I stand corrected. You are right, for I am sure I do use "it's" to represent "it has". MM thank you for confirming that a complete phrase is required to the left of the colon. I wonder if there is some British English versus American English at play? Because this quote is...

Looking at Bright Side It is natural that everyone keeps cherishing high expectations before starting off in a career, but realizing them is not difficult for those who fulfill the criteria. Quality (isn’t the word hackneyed?) Accuracy, correctness, accurateness, exactness, exactitude, and...

Uhm..Could you possibly give examples of the teacher's work?I mean,you know there are plenty of spelling differences between North American English and British English like: traveled - travelled learned - learnt honor - honour check - cheque, .... Also punctuation differs.E.g. Dear Sir : ...

Well, both or neither, really, because "rules" governing punctuation aren't really "rules" in the sense that rules govening nouns, verbs and adjectives are rules. Punctuation "rules" vary considerably, often from publisher to publisher, or from newspaper to newspaper. I can tell you that...