Many people confuse analogies, similes, and metaphors. Let me help. Analogies compare things so that you can see a relationship between them. There are many ways to do it, but the key thing is comparing one thing to another. Similes do this by saying something is “like” or “as” something else. He’s like a wall. She’s as smart…
A List of Different Case Types
Capitalization Writing the first letter of a word in uppercase, and the rest of the letters in lowercase. Title Case All words are capitalized, except non-initial articles like “a, the, and”, etc. Used for…um, titles. lowercase All letters in all words are lowercase. Sentence case Capitalization just like a standard English sentence, e.g. “The damn has broken.” Many…
[How] Do You Correct Friends Who Have Poor Written English?
I took the serious risk of correcting a friend today (privately, via Twitter DM) in regard to his use of “their/they’re”, and “your/you’re”. I told him, “s/your/you’re/ – s/thats/that’s. Believe it or not, English matters a lot to some people.” In retrospect I should have added a smiley face or something, so as to counter any Internet-generated harshness…