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How many spaces do you leave after a period at the end of a sentence?
Categorized In: Grammar Tips, UncategorizedThe Old Way – Two Spaces After the Period Most typewriter fonts (some of us still remember those) are what are called monospaced fonts – every character takes up the same amount of space. An “i” takes up as much space as an “m,” for example. When using a monospaced font, where everything is the […]
Read More...Thanksgiving
Categorized In: UncategorizedThe fourth Thursday in November is one of the best days of the year. Thanksgiving has all the elements of the perfect holiday — you get to eat delicious food, spend time with family and friends, and you don’t even have to leave the house (if your family is hosting, that is). Since Thanksgiving is unaffiliated with any […]
Read More...The Spanish Invasion Of English Is Next
Categorized In: UncategorizedIn 1819, Spain ceded their Florida colony (including parts of Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana) to the United States. With centuries of shifting borders, Spanish and English have had numerous opportunities to rub off on each other. Here are just some of the Spanish words you probably use every day: 9 States – Including: Texas – […]
Read More...The French Invasion – Verse 2
Categorized In: That Ain’t Not Right (TANR) PostingsHere’s the second verse of the French Invasion, starting with a Tex/French story shared by a reader of last week’s offering: “As Cafeteria manager at a major Houston corporate facility, we posted next week’s menu on the shop floor so employees could know what the cafeteria was serving each day. The menu started […]
Read More...The French Invasion
Categorized In: That Ain’t Not Right (TANR) PostingsThe French language leads the “English Invasion” Cul-de-sac Cul (coll./vulgar) = bottom, ass,de (preposition) = from, of, sac = bag Bottom of the bag – And lots of people want houses on these?!?! RSVP = répondez s’il vous plaît Répondez, = to reply, to answer, s’il vous plaît = please – a compound of s’ (abbrev. […]
Read More...Christmas Memories
Categorized In: Fun BlogsThe first Christmas I can remember was when I was 4 or 5 and my parents told my younger sister and me we were not to wake them until after the street lights went out. Now I don’t know how I woke up BEFORE those lights went out, but I did and my sister and […]
Read More...TANR – Present Tense & Open Ended Questions
Categorized In: That Ain’t Not Right (TANR) PostingsWell established organizations – Churches, Fraternal Groups, Colleges – pride themselves in what they’ve accomplished over their lifetime. For example, a large local church states…
Read More...TSM – Tradeshow Warning Signs
Categorized In: Trade Show Marketing (TSM) PostingsWhen you see these – BEWARE – In the multiple decades of my domestic and international trade show participation, a recent experience at a state professional association’s annual continuing…
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