Keep URL short to avoid clutter
When you have a long URL like this, use a free online programs to shorten it.
http: //maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rlz
=1R1GGGL_en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=0,0,16524608578225602546
&fb=1&hq=First+United+Methodist+Church,&hnear=Sioux+Falls&
gl=us&daddr=401+South+Spring+Avenue,+Sioux+Falls,+SD+57104
-4398&geocode=11229897772533571274,43.543439,-96.732758&
ei=e2q_S8-GI4X6lweC-s3jBg&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=directions-to
&resnum=1&ved=0CAsQngIwAA
With tiny.cc it becomes http://tiny.cc/gfucj or
http://tiny.cc/GoogleMapFirstUMC using customurl of GoogleMapsFirstUMC.
With bit.ly it becomes http://bit.ly/bfN8et or
http://bit.ly/GoogleMapFirstUMC using Custom Name of GoogleMapsFirstUMC.
See World Today – Business for their Top 10 Free Short URL Redirection Services list.
Can anyone here show me someone shy?
Here is a different way to look at the meaning of these words:
anybody, anyone, anything, anytime, anywhere
Imply there are many possibilities
Are not selective
somebody, someone, something, sometime, somewhere
Imply there are fewer possibilities
Are selective
For further explanation, visit Grammar Mishaps
Keep your up-to-date website up to date
When should I hyphenate up to date?
Hyphenate up to date when it precedes a noun.
This is an up-to-date calendar of events.
Do not hyphenate up to date when there is no noun following.
Please keep me up to date on the progress.
Does he double own this item?
John Doe’s gas grill and the gas grill of John Doe’s are both correct uses of the possessive apostrophe.
For more information on this, visit Grammar Girl.
I will fix it somehow anyhow
somehow means in some way not yet known or designated
anyhow means in any way or manner whatever
These aren't even words
gonna is a non-word
use going to
gotta is a non-word
use going to
wanna is a non-word
it is short for want a
It is a complete list of the authors
et al. literally means and others
It is an abbreviation for the Latin et alii so there is only a period at the end.
They swam in the lake
The past tense of these verbs has changed over time.
These appear to be the currently accepted forms:
begin, began
drink, drank
ring, rung
shrink, shrunk
sing, sang or sung
sink, sunk
spin, spun
stink, stank or stunk
swim, swam or swum
For more details visit this page.
Yesterday was Thursday, not Monday!
Maundy Thursday is the Thursday before Easter.
It commemorates the Last Supper.
Maundy comes from the Latin phrase: mandamentum do vobis.
It means “A new commandment I give unto you.” (John 13:34)
Surely you jest! You misunderstood the gist of it.
jest means an act performed for amusement
gist means the main idea or substance
Use the proper word when you say, “That was the gist of the lesson from their teacher.”