Accept or except may sound alike, but they have opposite meanings. Accept means to receive. For example, I gladly accept the award. Except means to exclude. For example, All of our friends are going to the mall, except Kate. Same sound, different meanings, but simple enough to remember. Now go forth and use words correctly! … [Read more...]
Nerd Note: Writing Academic Titles
Is it Professor Kenna Griffin or professor Kenna Griffin? If you chose the first one, you're correct. When writing academic titles, you capitalize and spell out formal titles when they precede a name. You lowercase them elsewhere, according to the Associated Press Stylebook. The rule is the same as that regarding short and long … [Read more...]
Nerd Note: Writing Academic Departments
There are just some things you are guaranteed to reference when writing about a university or on an education beat. I wrote last week about how to write academic degrees. This post is on the related subject of referencing academic departments. According to the Associated Press Stylebook: Use lowercase when writing about academic degrees, … [Read more...]