Reviews for Reference Services Planning in the 90s

The average rating for Reference Services Planning in the 90s based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2021-08-20 00:00:00 Sharon Pesonen This is a different review FULL STOP (Do I need to have the punctuation in this sentence once I wrote its name?) [PUN] As I was saying, this is an unusual review…Yet, if you’ve read any of my previous reviews, you might be used to it. I wanted to make a summary of the main rules/curiosities about grammar. C'mon, I just finished reading the Writer’s Reference Book and I'm now able to boast I know a little bit more. However, I'm here to help you too! Have fun!!! Let’s start with… • Appositive= when a noun is the appositive for another noun, we sometimes say that they are “in apposition”. • The indirect object ALWAYS comes BEFORE the direct object. For instance: “Should I send (to) David some extra money?” In the example above, “some extra money” is the direct object of the verb “should send”. • Use of Personal Pronouns -Appositive: The new students, Tim and she, were asked to stand. Please take the advice of your friends, Jane and me. Always put yourself LAST. Grammar is polite= The principal saw Tamika and me. • Who or Whom? “Who” is a subject pronoun. When a sentence (or clause) needs a subject or a predicate nominative, use “who”. “Whom” is an object pronoun. When a sentence needs a direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition, use “whom”. DIRECT OBJECT= whom did you invite to the party? INDIRECT OBJECT= you knitted whom a cashmere sweater? OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION= to whom did you give the ring? If you get confused, just rewrite the part of the sentence that contains “who” or “whom”. Instead of “who”, use “he”. Instead of “whom”, use “him”. • Some indefinite pronouns can also be used as adjectives (all, any, both, each, few, one, several and some). When these words are adjectives, they have nouns after them (both cats, few people, etc.) When they are indefinite pronouns, they have no nouns after them (each has his own book. Both knew the answer). • Many= Comparative= more. Superlative= most • An adverb is a word that tells us more about a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. • Correlative conjunctions are used in pairs= Both/and not only/but also just as/so • Interjections= Gadzooks, ahem, yippee, yikes, gee whiz, whoopee & hooray. • Sometimes a collective noun can be plural. For instance: SINGULAR= the team is coming onto the field now. PLURAL= the team are unable to make up their minds. In the first sentence above, the people on the team are ALL doing the same thing together. In the second one, the individual members of the team are not all acting together. Team here means separate people, not a single unit. That’s why “team” takes a plural verb (are). • With hyphenated compound nouns, make the most important word plural: Great-grandsons sisters-in-law ladies-in-waiting • Proper adjective= ArgentinE or Argentinean • CAPITALIZE titles of family members when they are used with their names: Aunt Rozzie, Grandpa Lester, Uncle Daisuke. • CAPITALIZE the titles of specific members if you are speaking about them without using their names. (It’s as if their titles are their names.) I heard Grandma tell Dad that she had bought Mom a new armadillo. • CAPITALIZE the first word and all the main words in the greeting (salutation) of a business letter. Dear Sir or Madam To Whom It May Concern • Do NOT capitalize a short word (the, a, an, of, in, by or for) unless it is the first or last word in a title: Of Mice and Men A Tale of Two Cities Time Goes By (by is the last word, so it’s ok) • Do NOT capitalize school subjects that are not languages or specific courses in a school catalog or college listing: math, science, history, biology, geography, music, physical education, art. • CAPITALIZE geographic locations when they refer to specific places on the map or sections of a country, not just directions. Specific geographic locations: Henry went out West to seek his fortune in oil wells. Many great colleges are located in the East. • Directions (DO NOT CAPITALIZE) Drive south for two miles. Turn east at the traffic light. • CAPITALIZE the first word in a direct quotation. The ringmaster told the crowd, “Elephants, as you can see, are much bigger than pigs.” • CAPITALIZE the first letter of the first word after a colon if it begins a complete sentence. Remember that old saying: An apple a day keeps the doctor away. • Don’t use quotation marks with a long direct quotation. Instead, you indent on both sides from the main text: At the press conference, the President declared: Times are getting better. The economy is starting to improve, more people are working, crime is down, reading scores are up, the air is getting cleaner, people are buying more homes. • COMMA -Put a comma before a conjunction that joins the independent clauses in a compound sentence: My uncle loves to dance, and my aunt plays the piano. -Use a comma to separate three or more words or phrases in a series: For my birthday I want a video game, an underwater watch, and a butterfly net. -Put a comma after introductory words at the beginnings of sentences: No, you can’t dye your hair green. -Use a comma with words that interrupt the basic idea of the sentence: Aunt Roslyn, of course, would not wear the parrot costume. -Use a comma to separate two adjectives that modify the same noun: The huge, furry dog chased him over the fence. ---- IF YOU ARE NOT SURE WHETHER OR NOT TO PUT A COMMA BETWEEN TWO ADJECTIVES IN A ROW, ASK YOURSELF IF YOU CAN SUBSTITUTE “and” FOR THE COMMA: “The huge (and) furry dog” gets a comma but not “the spoiled (and) turkey sandwich.” -In front of short direct quotations in the middle of a sentence: Then he asked, “How did you get here without a balloon?” -At the end of a direct quotation that is a statement (not a question or an exclamation) when it comes at the beginning of a sentence. “Today must be Tuesday,” she muttered. • DASHES: you can use dashes instead of other punctuation marks like parentheses, commas, or colons to show more emphasis, add information, or create special effects. - Use dashes after an interrupted or unfinished statement or thought: I knew it couldn’t possibly be Nita, and yet – • ELLIPSES: are three or four dots in a row. Ellipses replace words that have been left out. Use three dots in the middle of a passage but FOUR dots if it is at the end: To be or not to be…. • INDENTING - Indent at the beginning of each new paragraph. If you are using a word processor, indent about 5 spaces from the left margin. If you are writing your paper by hand, indent about one inch. Some writers don’t indent but skip a line to show where one paragraph ends. - Indent all lines of a long quotation (10 spaces from the left margin if you are using a word processor and 2 inches if you are writing by hand). • ITALICS: use italics for titles of magazines, operas, newspapers, musical show, books, movies, plays, and television shows. (You can also underline these titles instead or putting them into italics. • PARENTHESES: use parentheses around the abbreviation or acronym of an organisation or company AFTER you’ve written its full name. She worked for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). • PERIODS: do NOT use a period with the postal service abbreviation of a state. Examples: CA, UK, FL • QUESTION MARKS: don’t use a question mark after a polite request that sounds like a question but really isn’t. Will you please sign your name here. • QUOTATION MARKS: use quotation marks before and after the names of: articles in magazines and newspapers, chapters in books, essays and short stories, songs and poems, a direct quotation (someone’s exact words). NOTICE that periods, commas, and other punctuation marks that end or interrupt a quotation go inside the second set of quotation marks. Mary said, “I haven’t seen such a mess since the last tornado.” “I haven’t seen such a mess since the last tornado,” said Mary. “I haven’t seen such a mess,” said Mary, “since the last tornado.” - Put a colon after an independent clause that introduces a quote (especially if the quote is four or more lines long and is formal, such as in a research paper, official report, or business letter). For example: Bonnie’s announcement to the crowd was shocking: “Kurt and I are eloping tonight! Saddle the horses. Cancel the wedding. Notify the press. Stand back. Don’t try to talk us out of t. Our minds are made up!” • Night+time= NIGHTTIME (DOUBLE T). Exception: past+time= PASTIME • PLURALS: with the following words, either plural is correct, but the first is preferred: Tornado or tornadoes Mosquito or mosquitoes Dominos or dominoes Halos or haloes Mottos or mottoes Zeros or zeroes • Singular x Plural Alga= algae Alumna= alumnae Alumnus= alumni Antenna (on a television) = antennas Antenna (on a bug’s head) = antennae Bison= bison Bus= buses or busses Corps= corps (I don’t need to worry about this one coz I’ll never work for the Police) Crisis= crises Datum= data Deer= deer Dwarf= dwarfs or dwarves Goose= Geese Hippopotamus= hippopotami or hippopotamuses Hoof= hoofs or hooves Louse= lice Moose= moose Octopus= octopi, octopuses or octopodes Scarf= scarfs or scarves Series= series Staff (stick or line for charting music) = staves Staff (group of workers) = staffs Swine= swine Wharf= wharfs, wharves • “I” before “e”: “I” before “e” Except after “c” Or when sounded like “a” As in neighbour and weigh. Example: achievement, believe, chief, conceit. Exceptions: ancient, deficient, heir, scientist…. • Beau: boyfriend (plural: beaux or beaus). • The “a” in stationary stands for “stay”. The “e” in stationery stands for Envelope. • Your SIGNATURE is always in hand even if the letter is typed. • Special salutations: notice that Professor, Senator, President, Father, and Rabbi are spelled out in full. • A LETTER, especially a business letter, should be folded neatly in thirds, from the bottom up and the top down, before being sealed in an envelope. • AEROGRAMMES may be a better option if you write regularly to a pen pal or friend overseas. • Use VENN DIAGRAMS to help you organise plots and facts. • Play devil’s advocate: try to disagree with yourself to improve your writing and enrich your ideas. • TO GO has many meanings, but it should not be substituted for “to say” or “to ask” or “to reply” or “to answer”. • ABOUT – AT ABOUT: about is sufficient by itself. At about is unnecessary. • AMONG – BETWEEN: between is a preposition used when there are two people, two things, or two groups. Example: Draw a line between the two points. “Among” is a preposition meant to be used when there are more than two of something. Example: Choose one figure from among the triangle, the quadrangle, the circle, and the hexagon. • LIKE – AS: Like s a preposition that is followed by a PHRASE. Example: She snorts like a horse. “As” is a conjunction. It introduces clauses with a subject and a verb. Example: Do as I do and not as I say. • IN – INTO: In means inside something. “Into” means moving toward something or moving inside it. Compare the following: Jack’s pet canary flew in the house. Jack’s pet canary flew into the house. (Ouch!) • Will you spell out numbers over 100? (You should always write out numbers under 100.) • I’m confident I can trust you as my confidant. • CONTINUAL: frequently repeating (but stopping from time to time) CONTINUOUS: without interruption; never stopping. • EMINENT: outstanding. Imminent: about to happen. • FARTHER: (adverb) at a greater physical distance. FURTHER: (adjective) additional; to a more advanced point. Example: I’ll have to travel farther to make further progress on my research. • MORAL: (adjective) good in behaviour or character. MORALE: (noun) the attitude or spirit of a person or a group. Example: It is moral to keep the morale of your employees high. • SUBJECT PRONOUN: It was SHE who did that. It was LARISSA FAUBER who did that review and…. With ELLIPSES.... Larissa Fauber Click here to check Larissa Fauber's profile on Goodreads. Click here to read Larissa Fauber's reviews.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-12-15 00:00:00 Brian Harlan When I was in second grade, when I was younger and had just started realizing how "fun" writing could be, my reading teacher gave me this as an "end-of-the-year present". I had always written wacky stories in class that I shared with them, and I guess that was the beginning of this love for reading and writing. I still have the book. I don't really use it much anymore, seeing as it's for younger kids, but I still like looking at it, because that was the very start of my love for writing. I think it just took that one person to prove to me that he believed in me to get me to the point that I'm at now, and I'm so happy he did. I may not be great at it, but it's something that I can always turn to when there's no one/nothing else.