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Is it acceptable to drop the comma in Thanks, John? The main difference between lying and not using a comma in "Thanks, John", in your analogy, is that lying is a deliberate act of deception that often has negative consequences for the person being lied to, whereas dropping that comma is unlikely to have any negative consequences for the reader and is often not done deliberately It's a poor analogy
What is the correct possessive for nouns ending in ‑s? Usually, the possessive is pronounced regularly, though the spelling may vary: Jones’ , Jones’s dʒoʊnzəz Less commonly, the possessive ending is unpronounced (dʒoʊnz), but the corresponding spelling is then Jones’ "
Should I put myself last? me and my friends vs. my friends and me . . . The difference between "I and my friends" and "my friends and I" is purely a matter of courtesy - they are both grammatically correct I would tend to stick to the latter though, as it a) is more commonplace, b) is considered more polite, c) seems to flow better Indeed, your example of 'incorrect' usage is incorrect solely in that the first sentence uses the accusative (objective) pronoun me
Proper punctuation and quotation marks when 2 separate quotations Your example uses double quotation marks (the usual style in U S English) and puts the close double quotation mark for the second quoted sentence outside the period Following U S style elsewhere in your example, you would add a close double quotation mark after the comma to signify the end of the first quoted sentence: “It doesn’t have to be a huge event to make a difference," Jones
Johnsons or Johnsons - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Johnson House (in the case of e g a charitable foundation) In the case of a name ending in -s (Jones, for example), form the plural and the plural possessive in the usual way: "Keeping up with the Joneses"; "I'm heading over to the Joneses' house "
phrases - English Language Usage Stack Exchange MLA style and others recommend using present tense when citing published sources Their explanation is that "Smith notes that" is a signal phrase, and that signal phrases should have present tense verbs The lone exception seems to be APA style, which "dictates that writers use the past or present past tense when citing previous research," i e "Smith (2001) noted" or "Smith (2001) has noted
Spacing after Mr. Mrs. Ms. ? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Yes "Mrs " and "Jones" are separate words so a space must be placed between them It may be worth noting that in Commonwealth English, no full-stop is included for abbreviations that consist of the first and last letters of a word, e g the American English "Dr Jones" would be rendered "Dr Jones"