[Forum] RE: Prepositional phrase query (BrE/AmE)

[quote='Pixna' pid='34545' dateline='1507837208'] I realize those may not be great examples (especially the last one), but there are probably others. These are all I could come up with off the top of my head. :) [/quote] [i]I won money [b]on[/b] the ponies this weekend. I won money [b]at[/b]

[Forum] Treatment of seminar name?

The two-day seminar was entitled How to Make Money in the Editing Field. or The two-day seminar was entitled [i]How to Make Money in the Editing Field[/i]. or The two-day seminar was entitled "How to Make Money in the Editing Field."

[Forum] gmail starting a sentence

Chicago says to lowercase "eBay" and like terms ("iPad") when they start a sentence. As part of an e-mail address, "gmail" is lowercase, and probably as a word in a sentence. But what about when it begins a sentence? Upper or lower? TY

[Forum] Lowercase acronym at beginning of sentence?

Would you capitalize the first letter of fMRI if it falls at the beginning of a sentence? 8.153 indicates it is OK to do with brand names such as iPhone and eBay, but does not mention acronyms. My inclination is to rephrase the sentence, but I'm not sure the author wants to do that. I thought about

[Forum] RE: verb tense

"Note: the word dollars is a special case. When talking about an amount of money, it requires a singular verb, but when referring to the dollars themselves, a plural verb is required. Five dollars is a lot of money. Dollars are often used instead of rubles in Russia."

[Forum] RE: "on to" and "onto"

[quote='GoodandPlenty' pid='11958' dateline='1373688582'] "The party began in the garden, moving on to the boathouse when the musicians began to play." [/quote] Yes! Great example of when to preserve the separation. And that's what I'm asking about, are the gray areas, like "hold on to my m

[Forum] Hyphen

I say that number three is the correct choice below. Agreed? No recasts, please. [b]1. Ordinary writers earn in the low-to-mid six figures. 2. Ordinary writers earn in the low-to-mid-six figures. 3. Ordinary writers earn in the low- to mid-six figures.[/b] Also: [b]Ordinary writers earn i

[Forum] RE: question about money

In "A box of cornflakes was $5.45, and a bag of oatmeal was $4.00," I'd lop off the unnecessary ciphers and make it "$4."

[Forum] RE: Freelancing billing question

I prefer checks too, because I don't want to give a cut of my income to Paypal. One author gave me extra just to make up for that. For long projects, I ask for a deposit for some number of hours of work, and then when I've worked that number of hours, I ask for more money. I don't quit work whi

[Forum] RE: Chicago Press says no comma

"Thirty-day" modifies "money-back guarantee." It's not a "money-back, thirty-day guarantee." If you can't transpose modifiers, there shouldn't be a comma.