Search results for 'tag:Sentence structures tag:Abbreviations' matching tags 'Sentence structures' and 'Abbreviations'

Re: Is there a synonym list available as text file?

Anonymous — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 00:43:25 GMT

I have a new application for auttocorrect, which is normally used to instantly correct common spelling errors such as changing teh to the. You may also know that you can add your own entries and even add abbreviations. When I type "fi", for instance appears on the screen. fe = for example; st = such that, etc. There are seemingly unlimited shortcuts you can add, but there are even more applications such as auto translator and auto paraphraser.

To create a translato, you would simply program each word to the equivelant in another language. For example, if I changed autocorrect to change house to casa and vice-versa and then added hundreds and thousands of additional words, it would be instant.

The same holds true as a paraphraser. If I make exciting change to thrilling and vice versa and add thousands of other words and phrases that mean the same thing like for instance and for example, MS Word will automatically paraphrase the document. While it would not change the sentence structure, it would be a start. You can also use it so a person's normal and boring vocabulary would instantly be changed to more powerful words.

Does anyone know how to use macros to automatically program all the entries into autocorrect? If it could cut and paste each side of the list it would be very possible and saves months of work.

john@examplepapers.com

Capitalizing est.

Anonymous — Tue, 15 May 2007 17:50:42 GMT

I am wondering if anyone can tell me about the abbreviation "est." I am having an engraving done for a wedding. The engraving will go on a brass door knocker. There are 2 lines engraved. Line one is "The Smiths", line two is "est. 2007". I think that est. is only capitalized at the beginning of a sentence. Others seem to think that it is capitalized because it stands alone, even though it is being used here without a sentence structure.

"Euro's worth" or "Euro worth"?

Guest — Sun, 26 Dec 2004 21:05:02 GMT

Hi Folks,

I live in Ireland and the unit of currency here is the Euro(â¬). When the EU created the Euro, it was decided that the plural of Euro would simply be Euro. This was to avoid confusion because different languages in Europe have different ways of changing a word to make it plural.

My query is about apostrophes - yes, that old chestnut. I have noticed that the phrase "Euro worth" occurs regularly in various formats, ranging from TV and radio ad's (I think that apostrophe is correct - "ad" is an abbreviation of advertisement?) to national broadcast news programmes.

This phrase, no matter what the context, strikes me as being wrong. Typical examples are:
"A million Euro worth of goods was seized."
"The man won a hundred Euro worth of vouchers."

So, here is my question: Surely when we are talking about what something is worth using the sentence structure above, " 's " should always be used?
I think (yes, I'm asking for confirmation!) this case falls into the category of possession, that is, "John's hat" is the same situation of possession as "a pound's worth".

Please help, this is bugging me a little!

Thanks.

Re: Buisness english and general english

anon1 — Wed, 28 Jul 2004 05:32:39 GMT

This is a very open question.

General English

-informal
-may contain idioms, colloquial, and slang phrases and sentences
-not always spoken and written (e-mail) in complete sentences

Business English

-precise, often legalistic language is used that is difficult to understand
-more complex sentence structure
-language (words and phrases) specific to the industry are commonly used
-many abbreviations and acronymns are used
-often formal language is used, and words are carefully chosen--especially in contracts

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