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We Write Wrong English…Easily April 30, 2009

Posted by Amal in English Usage, Technical Writing Basics, english.
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Consider that all these sentences are actually wrong or erratic


  1. There were above a dozen people in the meeting.
  2. We can’t accept a chemical factory to be built in this village.

  3. Internet give us an easier access to information.
  4. She refused to accept responsibility for her acts.
  5. I adore meeting new people.
  6. I adviced him to tell the police.
  7. I asked my doctor for her advise.
  8. Only the driver was wounded in the accident.
  9. His wife goes to work outside the house.
  10. Working outside my city has given me a wide view of life.

And here are the right ones -


  1. There were over a dozen people in the meeting.
  2. We can’t allow a chemical factory to be built in this village.

  3. Internet give us easier access to information.
  4. She refused to accept responsibility for her actions.
  5. I love meeting new people.
  6. I advised him to tell the police.
  7. I asked my doctor for her advice.
  8. Only the driver was injured in the accident.
  9. His wife goes to out to work.
  10. Working outside my city has given me a wide broad view of life.

Can a Full Stop make any difference? April 30, 2009

Posted by Amal in Did You Know, English Usage, Technical Writing Basics, english.
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Yes surely it can. “Full Stop” is actually a British term. In America “period” is the most common term.

So what? what difference does it make? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet! well, not in case of full stop.

In British English, abbreviations of titles often omit the full stop, for example – Mr, Dr, Prof, which in American English would be given as Mr., Dr., Prof. is actually without any full stop in British writing.

The rule is – If the abbreviation includes both the first and last letter of the abbreviated word, as in mister , doctor, miss, a full stop is not used. This does not include “Professor”.

In this use, the full stop is also occasionally known as a suspension mark.

So Mr. Dr. Prof. in American English

and Mr, Dr, Prof. in British English