One Mind. One Source. One Maker.
An abbreviation for a specific year or a decade is correctly written as follows: For instance, 1990, abbreviated for the specific year becomes ’90. An indication of the decade of the nineteen nineties (1990s) becomes ‘90s.
The leading apostrophe stands in for the missing numbers and the ess (s) indicates the plural of the years 1990 [...]
‘Forte’, meaning a strong place inside oneself, over against ‘fort’ a strong place outside oneself. ‘Forte’ is correctly pronounced fort, not for-tay, and is never correctly spelled with an accent sign over the ee (forté).
Print journalists have a great deal to answer for in the incorrect reconstruction of the American English language. This is one.
The function of language is to communicate. All there is between people is communication. Otherwise all there is for humans is isolation and, eventually, (as we are social animals) disorientation and probably hostility. As Captain Kirk once remarked, “Refusal to communicate is an act of hostility.”
Writing English can be seen as a function of good [...]