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So when it comes to your blog, know which way is correct, but don’t be afraid to bend the rules a bit here for the sake of sounding more conversational. Who vs. That What’s occurrin’? (How are you?) WALES. This is a typical way to greet someone in the country, a little like What’s up? In fact, the best general rule of thumb for commas overall is that there is no general rule of thumb. Even the old grammar guide that says to “use a comma wherever you would pause in speaking” is misleading, because we all speak so differently. (Imagine where the commas would fall, for example, in Morgan Freeman’s speech as opposed to Christopher Walken’s!) Obviously this means you want to spend as much of it as you can on high-level activities, creating and sharing the things that only you, of all the people in this world, can contribute. Not to mention the time factor. As in you can barely find the bandwidth to write as it is, let alone edit for grammar.

Both of these resources will help you become a faster and more efficient self-editor, freeing up more time for the creative work that is at the heart of what you blog about . . . and why you blog in the first place. Bob’s your uncle (that’s all there is to it/that’s all it takes) VARIOUS. It’s really easy to use. Just plug it in, push this button and Bob’s your uncle!

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The whole nine yards (everything available, everything possible, the whole way). US. The scholarship covers course fees, accommodation, even some living expenses – honestly, the whole nine yards! A singular noun names one object (“I threw a lemon“), whereas a plural noun names several (“I threw many lemons“). A common noun is a generic name for an object (“I threw a lemon at him“), while a proper noun refers to the object by name (“I threw the lemons at Jeff“). Verbs If the value of one new lifelong customer and its references makes up for the domain cost, imagine how a great domain from DomainMarket.com will benefit when it helps you attract multitudes of unexpected new customers (whose value far surpasses the domain value, which keeps rising). Review the Microsoft study proving this phenomenon: "Domain Bias in Web Search" An omnishambles (something that has been managed or has turned out badly in every possible way) UK. First they mixed our rooms up, then the toilet flooded, and when we finally got to the beach it started raining. The entire holiday was an omnishambles!

Even so, we’re still arguing about it. Grammar school might have led you to believe that we’ve successfully standardized things . . . but in a language as fluid as English, there is still a lot of room for interpretation. Let’s go over the main points of confusion, and you’ll see where the hard-and-fast rules are and where you get to decide how you want to punctuate things. Commas Super premium domains from our marketplace generally rise in resale value, and can be reused or resold at any price if you are ever done capitalizing on them, or if you are a domain investor. Sales prices at our market have doubled over the last few years, and likely will again due to worldwide Internet growth, prestige, the general scarcity of super premium .Comdomains, historically high demand,and the failure of all competing "gTLDs".We have been in business for over 10 years and have sold more of our premium domains than any of our competitors. At our previous company (BuyDomains.com) we launched the whole online premium domain trading industry in 1998. Opinions on this differ widely. In general, spelling out numbers comes across as more formal, but possibly a little bit snooty. Of course, depending on the context (She lived at Eighty-Eight Kensington Road, where she routinely inspected the brass railings for dust using her spotless white gloves), that may be exactly what you want.

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Apparently, I’m old-fashioned in believing that people are people, not things. But for the record, it is now apparently permissible to refer to people as either “the folks who” or “the folks that.” (Ew.) It’s all about developing a listening ear with regard to your own writing. And about keeping things clear and simple for your readers. Dangling Modifiers Bonus credit if you realized you could make the structure even more parallel by adding an adverb (such as “carefully”) after the word “ideas”! It would then have the form “. . . (VERB) through your ideas (ADVERB), (VERB) them (ADVERB), and then (VERB) them (ADVERB). Sentence Fragments Do you abbreviate the United States of America as USA or U.S.A.? (I strongly favor the latter, but different strokes for different folks.) Get off the grass (an expression of surprise or disbelief). NEW ZEALAND. A: Guess what! Jill and I are getting married. B: Get off the grass! I bet she thought you’d never ask her!

The second sentence, on the other hand, refers to the specific map they used. (There could be other maps, too.) “Where is the map they used to drive cross-country? It’s in the glove compartment.” Start your own style sheet. (See the section just above.) Take the extra moment to record each editorial decision you make. A few minutes here and there, in the beginning, will pay off hugely as a time- and stress-saver down the road once you have a nicely comprehensive list of “how you do things” when you edit your own posts. Punctuation gradually evolved in different forms across cultures as a way of helping people figure out where to pause, and for how long, when reading out loud. The problem was, everyone did it differently, This was understandable when all writing was done by hand, but once movable type was invented the need for standardized punctuation became clear.

In fact, as a blogger you should probably make it a point to introduce sentence fragments every now and then, depending on your personal style (sorry, Mrs. Pendergast). They let you spice up your writing by playing with pace, tension and emotion. To do that, you need to look at the larger issues. Are your walls straight and attractively laid out? Does your building look inviting? Can you construct its rooms so that visitors are naturally led from one to the other in the sequence you’ve designed? Do you have a hard time remembering that decades should be referred to as the ’60s and ’80s rather than the 60’s and 80’s? Premium domains will keep going up in price due to a "flight to quality", millions of global companies, people and projects requiring great branding perpetually. Domain names lower in branding quality than the Super Premium .Com level DomainMarket.com specializes in are far too risky to be considered investments, like all the new “gTLD” domains, or very low level .Coms. They are hobbies at best and more likely just a complete waste. But the right .Com is the ideal investment and marketing vehicle for anyone with ambition.

For serious companies and marketing executives, attracting just one new lifetime customer, business partner, or employee, leveraging a premium domain, will justify thisexcellent long-term investment. But in fact, your DomainMarket.com sourced super premium domain is likely to rake in many valuable new customers and opportunities in the long run that normally couldn't or wouldn’t find you. Compared to the risk and sunk costs of traditional advertising channels, or newer online advertising methods, this is clearly a huge home run. Other types of advertising are not resellable assets like domains, with long term investment opportunity; other advertising investments are all very risky comparatively, and are mostly wasted if you think about it. I flinch whenever I read (or hear) sentences like “Kobe Bryant is the athlete that inspired me to play basketball.” Not that Kobe needs my help, but to my ear, referring to him as “that” instead of “who” dehumanizes him. Carl’s nasty old landlord threatened to more than double the rent if Carl went to the rent board about the broken washing machine. Y’daft apeth (you idiot, you fool). MANCHESTER Don’t just stand there, y’daft apeth! Help me! Daft is a synonym of stupid and apeth comes from ha’p’orth, an abbreviation of halfpennyworth, i.e. an insignificant amount.

Syphon the python (for men – pee). AUSTRALIA. I’d better go syphon the python before I burst, mate. One way of avoiding them is to read your posts out loud as part of your editing process. If you find yourself literally running out of breath before running out of sentence, look for ways to break the run-on sentence into more than one. My teacher is sitting on my head (my teacher is putting pressure on me). INDIA. In super-multilingual India, it’s not unusual for people to translate idioms from one language to another. This one comes from Hindi. My teacher’s really sitting on my head. He’s given us three essays to write by Monday. So it is must to learn the basics of grammar and avoid common mistake to enjoy writing for online world where verbosity and philosophical way of writing is not encouraged.