Jul 13, 2017 · sull noun (rare) a sulky fit, a ‘sulk’. 1972 E. Welty Optimist's Daughter ii. iv. 97 He's been in a sull ever since you married Judge McKelva and didn't send him a special engraved …

When I was at technical college in England in the 1970s, the ex-tradesmen/lecturers used the spelling cill which seems to tie in with the references here (window cill, cill of lock gate) to the …

Dec 7, 2015 · Punctuation is a matter of style, and as such you should be guided by your manual of style. I use the Chicago Manual of Style, which advises A period should be omitted at the …

Aug 25, 2016 · To clarify, my question relates to British English. Is it considered grammatically correct to use initials with and without the full stop after each capitalised letter? Example: …

The typical, or more common, idiom, is full of piss and vinegar (that is, piss rather than spit). I imagine the spit variant arose during a more conservative time. In contemporary America, at …

Sep 29, 2015 · In some style guides, I see this mention of putting a full-stop after an ellipsis when you are stopping the paused sentence and going onto another new sentence, but when …

Aug 5, 2013 · End punctuation for captions is ultimately a house style issue. I would certainly expect a caption containing more than one complete sentence to have end punctuation. But …

I'm aware No is what is called a "sentence word". Does that mean that on its own, it is a "complete sentence"? Please state the reason for your answer, i.e. do not simply answer "Yes" or "No"

I am confused whether to place the acronym before or after the words are spelled out. For example, the first time this organisation is mentioned, which of these alternatives is more …