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- How to use [sic] at the end of a quote? - English Language Usage . . .
Use [sic] just after the word you want to point out This thread maybe of help to you as well: How do I properly use [sic] for a phrase? Or do I use it at all? Again, sic should never be used except when a reader might really suppose that there was a misprint or garbling; to insert it simply by way of drawing attention and conveying a sneer is a very heavy assumption of superiority
- Word for killing off or attempting to kill off an entire bloodline?
We have the word 'genocide' for killing off an entire race, and plenty of words for killing people based on how they are related to you (fratricide, filicide, et al ), but looking over the "cide" words on The Phrontistery and the List of types of killing on Wikipedia, I couldn't find a term for systematically killing an entire bloodline
- If I quote only the middle part of a sentence, do I use ellipses?
No, you would leave out the ellipses there The Purdue OWL has a page about this; it lists this example: According to Foulkes's study, dreams may express 'profound aspects of personality' Even if you aren't quoting Peter's remarks in their entirety, you don't need to use ellipses, because your sentence is structured in a way that shows you are only using a small segment of his overall
- Difference between my whole life and all my life?
I was about to post this same answer, except specifically saying that there is a tendency for ‘all my life’ to be used more often as an adverb, and ‘my whole life’ as a noun ‘My whole life’ can also unproblematically be used as an adverb, but ‘all my life’ used as a noun is fairly rare In other words, on the noun–adverbial spectrum, ‘my whole life’ is slightly to the
- Entire sentence in parentheses - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Entire sentence in parentheses Ask Question Asked 13 years, 3 months ago Modified 12 years, 8 months ago
- How to quote a paragraph with a missing sentence?
How do I indicate that I've removed an entire sentence from a quoted paragraph? Consider the example paragraph below - if I want to quote this paragraph without the emboldened sentence, how might I
- My family *is* or My family *are*? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
Possible Duplicate: Are collective nouns always plural, or are certain ones singular? Which is correct: The rest of the staff is or are? The rest of my family is or are? I've done a bit of re
- What is the word to mean to apply attributes of an entire race to a . . .
11 Normally racism is used to mean generalizing about an entire race based on a few individual examples, but what is the word to mean to apply attributes of an entire race to a single individual? That is often referred to as racism as well, but I believe they are distinct and would like a more precise word or term
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