Phone numbers have come a long way since Glenn Miller’s famous song “Pennsylvania 6-5000” immortalized the phone number for the Pennsylvania Hotel in New York City. These days, it’s hard to believe that “Pennsylvania 6-5000” is even a phone number at all. Instead of a combination of letters and numbers, phone numbers in the United …
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Comma, comma, comma, comma, comma chameleon. You comma go, you comma go, oh. Nah. That was a really bad one. Really. But, whether the first line made you sing or, most likely, cringe, we are actually going to talk about lots of commas in this text. Join me in breaking the barriers on the comma …
E-commerce is big business, with tens of millions of people browsing and ordering their favorite goods online daily. The fact that so much shopping is now done online means that shoppers need to adjust to new vocabulary and phrases. If you’ve ever taken part yourself, you’ve probably seen a field asking for your shipping address. …
The English language is constantly changing. It also seems like it’s changing faster and faster as the years go by. The rise of the Internet has certainly helped with both of these tendencies. Forums, chat rooms and other online messaging systems have allowed groups of like-minded individuals to band together regardless of their physical location, …
Have you ever silently scolded yourself for being confused about whether to place a comma before a word in a sentence? Well, as far as the complexity of the English language is concerned, pondering upon these things is but normal. Before scrolling further, maybe a cup of joe would help you focus more on this …
All languages, English included, have words that seem identical but are in fact slightly different. French also has these words, and understanding when to use each adds a lot of nuance to your speech and can make you sound much more fluent. Today, we’ll look at the word “motard,” one way to say “motorcyclist” in …
We don’t all have the same interests and values, and that’s completely fine. As long as you aren’t hurting others, you shouldn’t be judged very harshly for your interests. Yeah, one person may love extreme rock climbing, and another person would rather do literally anything else. Neither person is wrong; they just have different interests. …
In a perfect world, everybody would be kind and act in good faith towards one another. Unfortunately, that is not always the case in our reality. Whether intentionally or not, conflict is bound to arise, and people wrong each other every day. We’ve all been wronged at least once, but some folks have a very …
“Especially” appears quite a lot in texts, and a comma sometimes appears before it, but other times doesn’t. Why is this so? Are there rules that guide the pre-comma placement? If you’ve reached this site because of these queries sitting apprehensively at the back of your head, you certainly came to the right place. …