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About English practice for writing in forums
C'mon is right at the border: a written convention that exists only in very informal writing. … Writing tet'nus to convey casual pronunciation follows written convention but would be extremely unusual in an on-line forum because we don't normally try to convey the sound of casual speech in writing …
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When we write, do we have to write "OK" instead of "Ok" or are both correct?
The important thing to understand is:
OK is written as if it were an an acronym even though it doesn't stand for anything but itself.
So, the common practice in print is to write OK or O.K. or …
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Written English: not regional?
Because writing stays put on the page, unlike speech which disappears into the air, the written language tends to be more stable than spoken dialects, and also "anchors" the rapid variation in the spoken … In writing, you would write "nothing".
Scots dialect was occasionally written, but usually with an "apologetic apostrophe" to indicate where it diverged from standard written English. …
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How to stress the importance of an object
(Not recommended in formal writing. It's actually insulting.) …
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Which tense to use in an academic paper when referring to past research?
It's perfectly fine to use the present tense for all research, even going back to ancient times; see here for another question about this.
However, there is a way that you can usefully shift tense in …