The Hyphen for an Incomplete Number

Margie Wakeman WellsGeneral, Uncategorized 3 Comments

Formal English rules say that an incomplete number should be written out in words. …I think you said you made four or five hundred dollars. Combined with the consistency rule, this presents some issues in a reporting transcript. When there are other numbers in the same sentence or area of the transcript, it is simply not practical to write everything …

The Word “Now”

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When the word now means “at this time” or “currently,” it is an adverb and takes no punctuation. When it has no meaning and is just a throwaway, a “filler-type” word, it takes commas around it. …I now want to discuss the fight that took place. …Have you now seen the doctor about this problem? …Did you say, now, that …