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luciaC
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 Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 11:22 pm Post subject: Questions |
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1. What is a divided highway?
2. A harware store sells tools, nails, plumbing supplies,etc.
How many dots do we need after "etc."? Sometimes I see 3 dots and sometimes just one. I am confused.
3. What do we have to capitalize North, South, East ,and West?
Do you write "go East"?
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pavilion
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| Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 9:09 am Post subject: Re: Questions |
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| luciaC wrote: |
| 1. What is a divided highway? |
A road with a median between the two directions of traffic. The median is usually grass.
| luciaC wrote: |
2. A harware store sells tools, nails, plumbing supplies,etc.
How many dots do we need after "etc."? Sometimes I see 3 dots and sometimes just one. I am confused. |
One period is correct, because you only use one period when abbreviating a word. When you see 3 periods, it either means there is more after that but wasn't written, or its just an error on the author's part.
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3. What do we have to capitalize North, South, East ,and West?
Do you write "go East"? |
Yes and no. When talking about a direction, like "go east", it would not be capitalized. When you are talking about the North (capitalized), you are talking about a physical location. In the United States, for example, we say, "the Northeast", referring to the northeastern part of the country. |
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