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13 Theatrical Terms in Popular Usage
The rich vocabulary of the theatrical world has inspired use of various terms of the art in other realms of human endeavor. Many of them are also employed in (or to refer to) politics -- which, we note with various emotions, has always been an activity akin to theater...

Ebook corner in library - good model
Proposal: Set up an ebook reading corner in the library. Library users may check out an ebook reader for in-library use only. The ebook reader is loaded with best sellers, provided at no cost by vendors/publishers...

Book Review: Garners Modern American Usage
What is the state of writing today? Pick up any newspaper, magazine, or book, or look at a website, an email message, or a tweet, or examine a newsletter, a brochure, or a report. Want a more useful indicator of how particular words are used? Look them up in a new dictionary...

A Not Only . . . But Also Quiz
The following ten sentences, in one way or another, violate the basic rules about ?not only . . . but also? constructions or similar usage. Skillful writers have gotten away with casual deviations from strictly correct usage, but each of the sentences below can -- and, in my opinion, should -- be improved...

5 Points on Proper Usage for Proper Nouns
What?s in a name? Any one of many complications, apparently. Here are some rules about how to style proper nouns. Original Post: 5 Points on Proper Usage for Proper Nouns Your eBook: Click here to download the Basic English Grammar ebook...

Choosing Between If and Whether
In current informal usage the words if and whether are used more or less interchangeably, as in these examples from the web: Your eBook: Click here to download the Basic English Grammar ebook...

AT&T Faces Class Action over Excessive Data Usage Charges
AT&T Faces Class Action over Excessive Data Usage Charges

Veolia Water
allegedly overestimated water usage for residential customers.