Formatting Tip & Grammar: Acronyms & Initialisms
Acronyms and initialisms may seem familiar, but there are exceptions and expectations in this Formatting Tip from KD Did It.
Author: Kathy Davie
Formatting Tip: Abbreviations
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.
Grammar: Absolute Phrase
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.
Properly Punctuated: Ampersand
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.
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