Grammar: Parenthetical Elements
Parenthetical elements allow you to include nonessential information, impart a mood, clarify intent, and more in this Grammar Explanation from KD Did It.
Parenthetical elements allow you to include nonessential information, impart a mood, clarify intent, and more in this Grammar Explanation from KD Did It.
Image by Nicolaes Maes [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons An Old Woman Praying, an oil-on-canvas, by Nicolaes Maes at the Worcester Art Museum. Changes. It’s a move I’ve been contemplating for some time and was finally forced into. A part of my second annus horribilis…sigh… Moving last year. Again this year. My old computer dying on its last miserable wheeze. My brand-new computer’s hard drive failing. My computer getting hacked. Yeah. So, changes. It’s not a bad thing. I probably would have continued to waffle along, so I am grateful for being “forced” into this change. It’s been worse than I had anticipated. And at least I’m doing it. That’s the good side. Another fun aspect is I get to do more research. I can hear y’all laughing out there. Stop. Go to the bathroom. Y’ back yet? Get on with it… So, changes. I’m blending my old KD Did It website and my free WordPress blog, KD Did It Takes on Books, into one website, KD Did It Edits, with a new host. I hadn’t realized how WordPress’ internal structuring would change how my old navigation and site structure functioned. Nor how WordPress’ search ability would affect the old […]
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It’s subtle to imply, and the reader must use her wits to infer what is meant in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Acronyms and initialisms may seem familiar, but there are exceptions and expectations in this Formatting Tip from KD Did It.
Abbreviations range from dates and times, addresses, honorifics, geography, measurements, people’s initials, plants, and the proper shortening of words as well as their plural forms.
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In this case, absolute phrase does not mean it’s fixed, but that it can absolutely be moved anywhere within the main clause in this Grammar Explanation from KD Did It.
The ampersand is a symbol used as both word and punctuation that affects grammar and formatting in this all-around tip from KD Did It.