July 2016 - DAILY WRITING TIPS

Writing About Dogs

July 17, 2016July 2, 2016 by Maeve Maddox

A question that appears frequently on language sites is, “How do you capitalize the name of a dog breed? For example, German Shepherd or German shepherd?” My answer is, “It depends on your intended audience.” If you are writing for a general readership, you may as well follow the recommendations of the AP Stylebook and … Read more

Latin Plural Endings

July 1, 2016 by Mark Nichol

Pluralization of Latin-based nouns is a complicated field. Preference for Latin or English plural endings is inconsistent in similarly constructed words, as is the presence of alternative forms at all. Here’s a guide to plural forms for Latin words, identifying, for more than a hundred nouns of Latin origin and a few similarly constructed terms … Read more

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