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But Can I Start a Sentence with "But"? (Hardcover)
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But Can I Start a Sentence with "But"? (Hardcover)
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Q. Is it "happy medium" or "happy median"? My author writes: "We
would all be much better served as stewards of finite public funds
if we could find that happy median where trust reigns supreme."
Thanks! A. The idiom is "happy medium," but I like the image of
commuters taking refuge from road rage on the happy median. Q. How
do I write a title of a song in the body of the work (caps, bold,
underline, italics, etc.)? Example: The Zombies' "She's Not There"
looped in his head. A. Noooo! Now that song is looping in my head
("but it's too late to say you're sorry . . ."). Use quotation
marks. Thanks a lot. Every month, tens of thousands of
self-declared word nerds converge upon a single site: The Chicago
Manual of Style Online's Q&A. There the Manual's editors open
the mailbag and tackle readers' questions on topics ranging from
abbreviation to word division to how to reform that coworker who
still insists on two spaces between sentences. Champions of common
sense, the editors offer smart, direct, and occasionally
tongue-in-cheek responses that have guided writers and settled
arguments for more than fifteen years. But Can I Start a Sentence
with "But"? brings together the best of the Chicago Style Q&A.
Curated from years of entries, it features some of the most
popular--and hotly debated--rulings and also recovers old favorites
long buried in the archives. Questions touch on myriad matters of
editorial style--capitalization, punctuation, alphabetizing,
special characters--as well as grammar, usage, and beyond ("How do
I spell out the sound of a scream?"). A foreword by Carol Fisher
Saller, the Q&A's longtime editor, takes readers through the
history of the Q&A and addresses its reputation for mischief.
("It's not that we set out to be cheeky," she writes.) Taken
together, the questions and answers offer insights into some of the
most common issues that face anyone who works with words. They're
also a comforting reminder that even the best writer or editor
needs a little help--and humor--sometimes.
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