Dictonary.com has added advice
about punctuation, capitalization, how to address people, etc.
This advice is accessible here. Sadly, those pages are written in a British style. Lists use single quotes with commas outside the quotes. The writers use “e.g.” liberally, without explaining what e.g. means (it means for example), and without adding the comma that should follow in U.S style.
This advice is accessible here. Sadly, those pages are written in a British style. Lists use single quotes with commas outside the quotes. The writers use “e.g.” liberally, without explaining what e.g. means (it means for example), and without adding the comma that should follow in U.S style.
The best style guide is still the back of a good U.S dictionary, such as Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate. Do not buy it today; there will be a new
edition in 2013.
Better still, you can get complete advice about grammar, punctuation, usage, and style from the famous Gregg Reference Manual.)
Better still, you can get complete advice about grammar, punctuation, usage, and style from the famous Gregg Reference Manual.)
