Spell check fail of the day
Sort of. "This may certainly be one reason that..." It either "is certainly" one reason, or it "may be" one reason. And if it "is certainly," I would just say…
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August 31, 2015
dash dash dash
What many people call a dash is actually a hyphen. A hyphen has no spaces around it, except when it is used to indicate a "minus" sign. The hyphen is…
August 27, 2015
My rates are quite reasonable
If you're going to thank him, spell "development" correctly. (There's an extra e.)
August 24, 2015
& you sound lazy
An ampersand (that's the name for &) is, like contractions, considered too informal to use in a scientific text. Some citation style guides (like APA that nurses use) use author…
August 17, 2015
Even MORE fun with Latin
"Part and parcel" is a bastardization of a Latin medical term for passed through birth: pari passu.
August 13, 2015
Even more fun with Latin
et al. is short for et alia (and others). It is generally used in English for lists of people.. It is generally used in English when referring to people. "The…
August 10, 2015
Fun with Latin: e.g. and i.e.
e.g. is used for one example from what could be a longer list. i.e. is used for when you want to define one thing specifically. Example: The person writing this…
August 6, 2015
You want predominately to use predominantly when describing something.
Predominately (with an e) is an adverb (describes an action). Predominantly (with two ns) is an adjective (describes an object). Example: We predominately interviewed extraterrestrials, so we got opinions from…
August 3, 2015