[Forum] bachelor's degree

In the sentence below, is my usage correct? "The teachers who had a bachelor[b]'s[/b] degree were more interested in using instructional technology than the teachers who had a master's degree." Both Merriam Webster and CMOS discuss "bachelor of X" (e.g., bachelor of law) but do not use the t

[Forum] RE: bachelor's degree

CMOS seems to contradict itself on this, Cheech. See the following: [url=http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/16/ch10/ch10_sec020.html]10.20: Academic degrees[/url] [url=http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/16/ch08/ch08_sec028.html]8.28: Other academic designations[/url] (look at the first entry

[Forum] RE: bachelor's degree

oh man now you guys have got me thinking again haha. :) Also, while I was researching this a bit more, I came across something interesting in [url=http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/16/ch07/ch07_sec007.html]CMOS 7.7[/url], which lists bachelors of science masters of arts (no examples for

[Forum] "Doctor" and "dear doctor"

Hi. In some fiction I'm editing, characters address a doctor as "Doctor" ("Thank you for coming, Doctor.") and then, shortly after, as "dear doctor" ("We'd love your opinion, dear doctor."). [url=http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/16/ch10/ch10_sec016.html]CMoS 10.16[/url] suggests that "Doctor" as

[Forum] associate's degree or associate degree?

I know this has come up a few times in the forums, but I sent a quick e-mail to M-W the other day just to get a sense of what their preferences were. If anyone is interested, just sharing the e-mail here (and I believe Pixna had pointed me to the Learner's dictionary, which they also referred me to

[Forum] RE: capitalization of sis

Those examples might be for a salutation in a letter or email (such as "Dear Employer," "Dear Friends," "Dear Family"). I wouldn't cap them in dialogue.

[Forum] RE: bachelor's degree

If you feel really stuck, then you certainly could submit your question to the month Q&A. You could also tighten your sentence a drop as follows: "The teachers with a bachelor's degree were more interested in using instructional technology than the teachers with a master's degree." Or, of course:

[Forum] RE: Commas and Quotes

If it's spoken dialogue, I'd use commas as follows: Ralph said, "Yes dear," in a hoarse voice. Ralph said, "Yes dear," hoarsely. But "Yes, dear" was his reply. This last entry is different because it's a statement by the narrator, not the actual dialogue. However, I'd treat the followin

[Forum] Capitalizing collective nouns

Hi! I am happy to be back on this forum! Perhaps this is a silly question, but in business emails, do we capitalize the collective noun in the greeting? For instance, is it "Dear Colleagues" or "Dear colleagues"? Similarly, is it "Dear All" or "Dear all"? My instinct says there is no reaso

[Forum] RE: Capitalization after salutation in lecture

It's not a matter of the importance of the audience.  It's simply a matter of how you mean the "dear listeners". If, as Tut says, it's a introduction  to a letter, then capitalize it: [i]Dear Listeners,[/i] [i]......[/i] But if it is a "direct address" (see this section https://www.chicagoman