Quote of the Day A midsentence parenthetical aside (like this one) begins with a lowercase letter and concludes (unless it’s a question or even an exclamation!) without terminal punctuation. When a fragmentary parenthetical aside comes at the very end of
Quote of the Day “The pluralization of abbreviations, too, requires no apostrophes. More than one CD = CDs. More than one ID = IDs. More than one ATM = ATMs. Etc. “Here comes a major on-the-other-hand, though: Do use an
Quote of the Day “If what follows a colon is a full sentence, begin that full sentence with a capital letter, which signals to your reader: What’s about to commence includes a subject, a verb, the works, and should be
Quote of the Day “Reading alone does very little. Ideas are meant to be applied and this requires practice.” – Tim Ferris, Tao of Seneca
Quote of the Day “The series comma is the comma that separates the last two bits in a list of words or phrases before the concluding conjunction ‘and’ or ‘or’ or sometimes even ‘but,’ as in: apples, pears, oranges, tangerines,
Quote of the Day “Motivation is momentary, inspiration can last a lifetime. Motivation comes from outside, inspiration comes from inside. Motivation pushes you, inspiration pulls you.” – Dean Bokhari
Quote of the Day “…the largest portion of our life passes while we are doing ill, a goodly share while we are doing nothing, and the whole while we are doing that which is not to the purpose. Therefore, hold
Quote of the Day “I can’t begin to tell you the things I discovered while I was looking for something else.” – Shelby Foote
Quote of the Day “The right way to define “solitude” is as a subjective state in which you’re isolated from input from other minds. When we think of solitude, we typically imagine physical isolation (a remote cabin or mountain top),
Quote of the Day “Everyone who practices an art should love and live with another art. One learns about one’s own work by exposing oneself to a different passion. Mentioning a second art does not imply competence in practicing it.”