Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

Username

semiotek

Member Since

November 29, 2005

Total number of comments

15

Total number of votes received

58

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Latest Comments

Space After Period

  • May 30, 2008, 5:56am

One - anything else drives me insane!

Possessive when abbreviated letter is plural

  • May 9, 2008, 7:26am

HFK's would also work, for the same reason.

As it were

  • December 20, 2007, 12:39am

Gosh - it'll be gerunds next!!

As it were

  • December 20, 2007, 12:22am

Wonderful Drew - there are at least two of us who remember the subjunctive!

Writing out percentages correctly

  • July 19, 2006, 10:58am

In my view it is entirely proper to write the digital/symbol form. I always write numbers up to ninety-nine in words, greater numbers in digits, and percentages as described.