7 Cases in Which the Name Is Not the Thing

7 Cases in Which the Name Is Not the Thing 7 Cases in Which the Name Is Not the Thing 7 Cases in Which the Name Is Not the Thing By Mark Nichol When referring to an entity anything from an object to an organization writers often confuse the name of the thing for the thing itself. Beware of the following types of composition confusion: 1. â€Å"GRID, an acronym for Generating Renewable Ideas for Development, offers job training for low-income individuals.† The acronym doesn’t offer job training; the organization does, so distinguish between the two, or simply parenthesize the full name by itself: â€Å"GRID (Generating Renewable Ideas for Development) offers job training for low-income individuals.† 2. â€Å"Being an â€Å"environmentalist† conjures images of outdoor concerns like driving a hybrid vehicle, protecting areas of natural beauty, or keeping trash out of landfills.† Being an environmentalist does no such thing; it’s the term itself that inspires the imagery, so make that distinction (and lose the annoying scare quotes): â€Å"The term environmentalist conjures images of outdoor concerns like driving a hybrid vehicle, protecting areas of natural beauty, or keeping trash out of landfills. 3. â€Å"With his talkie debut, as British secret agent Bulldog Drummond (1929), he became the first silent star to become even more popular in sound films than he had been during the silent era.† The sentence refers to the film, not the title character. When discussing the actor, a reference to the character distinct from the title is called for: â€Å"With his talkie debut, as the titular British secret agent in Bulldog Drummond (1929), he became the first silent star to become even more popular in sound films than he had been during the silent era.† 4. â€Å"The pre-emptive offer- a common term in corporate transactions- is hardly new.† The strategy is being equated with the term for it. However, the parenthetical should be worded to demonstrate the difference: â€Å"The pre-emptive offer- that’s a common term in corporate transactions- is hardly new.† 5. â€Å"Give credit to The Grudge remake for inspiring a wave of American versions of Japanese horror films.† Here, the definite article in the movie title is erroneously employed as an article in the framing sentence, but it cannot do double duty. Recast the sentence to include a separate definite article: â€Å"Give credit to the remake of The Grudge for inspiring a wave of American versions of Japanese horror films.† 6. â€Å"Mike is an Eagle Scout, a moniker he wears with pride and satisfaction.† In the initial phrase, â€Å"Eagle Scout† is not a moniker; it’s a type of Boy Scout. The second phrase should be revised to focus on the latter at the expense of the former: â€Å"Mike is an Eagle Scout, and he comports himself as one with pride and satisfaction.† 7. â€Å"Users can choose from any Web site that offers RSS feeds, short for Really Simple Syndication.† â€Å"RSS feeds† is not an abbreviation; the three letters constitute one. Introduce semantic distance between the service and the initialism for it: â€Å"Users can choose from any Web site that offers RSS feeds (RSS is short for Really Simple Syndication).† Want to improve your English in five minutes a day? Get a subscription and start receiving our writing tips and exercises daily! Keep learning! Browse the Grammar category, check our popular posts, or choose a related post below:5 Uses of InfinitivesTry to vs. Try andDrama vs. Melodrama

Microsoft Word Tips Adding and Deleting Comments - Proofed

Microsoft Word Tips Adding and Deleting Comments - Proofed Microsoft Word Tips: Adding and Deleting Comments The comment function in Microsoft Word is a very useful tool. You can use it to leave comments for a proofreader before getting it checked, and you might receive feedback in comments if you are having your work edited. You can also use it to make notes while redrafting a document. It is, indeed, a comment. In all of these cases, though, you need to know how it works! Let us start with the basics†¦ How to Add a Comment To add a comment in Microsoft Word, you first need to select the text you’re commenting on with the cursor. Once you’ve done that, you have three options available: Go to the Review tab on the main ribbon and click New Comment Comment options. Right-click the text and click New Comment from the menu The contextual menu. Use the shortcut Ctrl + Alt + M (Windows) or Cmd + Alt + A (Mac) Any of these will add a new comment in the place selected (it will appear in the right-hand margin). You can then click the comment and write whatever you need to say. Reviewing Comments Microsoft Word also provides a few ways to interact with comments. These include the display options, the navigation buttons, and the Reply and Resolve buttons. The most important display option is the Show Comments button in the Comments section of the Review tab. This controls whether comments are displayed in full or as small speech bubbles that you need to click to open, which can be less intrusive while you’re working. A hidden comment. In addition, you can turn off comments completely by deselecting them in the Show Markup menu. The navigation buttons, meanwhile, let you cycle through each comment in your document quickly. To use these, go to Review Comments and click Previous or Next. Finally, we have the review buttons in the bottom right of each comment. Your two options here are: Reply – Allows you to respond to a comment by adding a nested comment underneath Resolve – Marks a comment as resolved when you have read and addressed it Nested comments. These last options are especially useful if you are working collaboratively on a document with others. How to Delete a Comment To remove a comment from a document, first select it and then either: Go to Review Comments and click Delete Right-click the comment and select Delete Comment from the menu And hey presto! The comment is gone. Alternatively, you can remove every comment in the document at once by going to Review Comments and clicking on the little down arrow to open a new menu, then selecting Delete All Comments. Make sure you are ready to do this, though, as you might end up deleting an important comment by accident if you don’t check first! Ready to delete!