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Monthly Archives: April 2015
Language Tip 28 (2014-15)
Amount vs. number vs. a lot “Amount” is normally (especially in formal writing) used to talk about quantities of uncountable things, whereas “number” is used for countable items. E.g. “No amount of money could make me take a cold shower … Continue reading
Language Tip 27 (2014-15)
War. Capitalize the titles of wars, and use Roman numerals: 1) World War I or the First World War 2) World War II or the Second World War 3) the Cold War (“cold war” is fine if you use it … Continue reading
Language Tip 26 (2014-15)
Present vs. represent The verb “to present” can mean either “give” or “introduce” and is used with an object. When you want to say “to be,” however, the word to use is “represent” (and what follows is a subject complement). … Continue reading