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What is proper? We saw Dad and Mom's new boat. (YES!) We saw Dad's and Mom's new boat (Wrong!) Joint possessives In the case of joint possession, i.e., when two or more people own something together, place the apostrophe or apostrophe s (‘s) only after the...

Grammar Ninja is an educational game where the player identifies parts of speech in rapid succession. Correct answers help you advance; wrong ones blow up in your face. The game is modeled after Brain Age's CalculationsX20 exercise. Grammar Ninja is my final project for my Independent Study in...

Thanks, Englishuser - obviously, my reply hasn't come through yet. Would you put +44 (0)111 2222222 then?

Hi Marvin A, The plus sign (only one is required) signifies the international dialling code (00 in many countries). Englishuser

In Germany, I'm just used to putting two plus signs to denote that whichever two digits precede the country code in the country a person is calling from, should be added here. E.g., when calling abroad from Germany and most other countries I'm aware of, one would use 0044, but from South Africa...

Anonymous wrote:Thanks, Feebs! I suppose when using the same letterhead for international correspondence a lot, this would also be fine?Tel.: ++44 (0)111 2222222Why the 2 plus signs?

Thanks, Feebs! I suppose when using the same letterhead for international correspondence a lot, this would also be fine?Tel.: ++44 (0)111 2222222

Tel. OR Tel. No. would be fine - Phone. has rather become obsolete. When citing the number, use a space between the codes and the number. Tel.: (044) 000 000000We usually put the international code into brackets as it is not required nationally.

Is there any way of abbreviating the term "telephone number" which is recognised as more correct in British English than other ways? I've seen "Phone 12345", "Phone: 12345", "Tel. 12345", Tel.: 12345" and others, and am wondering which one to choose for letterheads.Also, are country code, area...

The number sign # (also known as hash) is mostly used for counting or ranking lists (ordinal numbering), especially in names and titles.If the # is placed behind a number it's called a pound sign in the US (3# of sugar), if precedes the number it's called number sign, other countries use lb. for...