Food for Thought - March-April 2004
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Webgrammar's Food for Thought - ISSN: 1530-034X
Editor and Publisher: Judy Vorfeld
mailto:judyvorfeld@webgrammar.com URL: http://www.webgrammar.com
March-April 2004
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Webgrammar's Food for Thought - ISSN: 1530-034X
Editor and Publisher: Judy Vorfeld
mailto:judyvorfeld@webgrammar.com URL: http://www.webgrammar.com
March and April 2004
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CONTENTS
Note from Judy
Windows Keystroke & Tips - Repeat typing
Did you Know - Words and letters used as words: Scholastic grades
Recommendations
Grammar
History
References
Science/Technology
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NOTE FROM JUDY: Webgrammar's been a busy bee at home and at work.
Thanks for your patience!
Announcement: I've discontinued the dictionary drawing. There were
too many obstructions to even finding a winner. In the future, I'll
still hand out dictionaries, but on a case-by-case basis.
Enjoy the remainder of this beautiful month, and if you know of any
great websites for me to use in this ezine, drop me an email!
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WINDOWS KEYSTROKES & TIPS - Repeat typing
If you need to repeat something you've typed (especially when
editing), use Ctrl+Y. Example, say you're replacing a few (but not
all) hyphens with em (longer) dashes. Replace the first hyphen with
an em dash. Move to the next hyphen, highlight it, and type Ctrl+Y.
You'll get another em dash.
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DID YOU KNOW - Words and letters used as words: Scholastic grades
Q. When you're talking about someone's grades, and you want to say
that they have straight As, do you use an apostrophe? Or do you just
add the "s" as I have done?
A. Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, University of Chicago
Press (7.64 - scholastic grades), says:
Letters used to denote grades are usually capitalized and set in
roman type.
The example CMS gives: She finished with one A, three Bs, and two Cs.
So: no apostrophe when they're grouped as above. The rules aren't hard
and fast. Note that CMS says "usually." Just be consistent.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
GRAMMAR
COMMON ERRORS IN ENGLISH: PROFESSOR PAUL BRIANS' SITE
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html
DAILY GRAMMAR
A great way to check grammar knowledge. Use the archives or sign up
twice a year for daily e-mail lessons. Quizzes take four minutes
http://www.dailygrammar.com/archive.html
GRAMMAR CENTRAL
Links to both a teacher's notes on grammar lessons, as well as copies
of the lessons themselves. Be sure to check the index, which is an
alphabetized list of definitions.
http://www.longview.k12.wa.us/mmhs/wyatt/homework/grammar/gramm.html
MRS. BLUEZETTE'S GRAMMAR CORNER
"A PBS mind in an MTV world." Delightful, highly educational articles
by a wonderful English language wizard (umm...wizette).
http://www.newsblues.com/grammar.htm
PROFESSOR CHARLES DARLING'S GRAMMAR SITE
Outstanding to use as a quick reference for your grammar questions.
http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm
HISTORY
4000 YEARS OF MINIATURE BOOKS
Miniature books, most of which are less than three inches tall and some
of which are smaller than a penny, have delighted readers for centuries.
These historic books range from tiny "Thumb Bibles" to illustrated
nursery rhymes. The earliest piece of block printing to which an accurate
date can be ascribed--a Japanese wooden block print from about 770 AD--is
a miniature scroll and part of the Lilly Library's collections.
http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/miniatures/
ANCIENT INDIA
The site is divided into six "chapters" that address themes or topics
relevant to ancient India.
http://www.ancientindia.co.uk/
Expo 67
This is a "must-see" website. The Montreal World's Fair that featured
late-period Space Age architecture abd hundreds of performers. Divided
into seven primary sections, each takes on a specific theme.
http://www.archives.ca/05/0533/053302_e.html
LEADHOLDER: THE ONLINE DRAFTING PENCIL MUSEUM
http://www.leadholder.com/
REFERENCES
THE CHURCHILL CENTRE
The centre (Washington D.C.) was founded in 1968 to foster leadership,
statesmanship, vision and courage among democratic and freedom-loving
peoples worldwide, through the thoughts, words, works and deeds of
Winston Spencer Churchill.
http://winstonchurchill.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1
KIDZMAIL
A solution for parents to monitor and control the flow of email to
and from their children. With kidZmail, the parent can choose the
different levels of protection they want depending on who the child
is communicating with. For each person on your child's email list,
parents can set the level they're comfortable with.
http://www.kidzmail.com/index.php
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE BOARDS OF ACCOUNTANCY
Serves as a forum for the 54 U.S. boards of accountancy. Most states
require continuing professional education (CPE) for CPAs to maintain
active licenses. NASBA's Regulatory Compliance Services division offers
several programs that assist state boards and their licensees by
determining quality CPE providers.
http://www.nasba.org/nasbaweb.nsf/nasbahome
OLDVERSION.COM
This site has several objectives. One is to discourage the use of
spyware by software companies. Also known as adware, these hidden
programs come bundled with certain applications and secretly transmit
user information via the Internet to advertisers. A possible way to
avoid spyware is to download an old version of a program. By using
OldVersion.com, you can get the clean old versions of programs and show
the industry your dissatisfaction with these types of business practices.
http://www.oldversion.com/
ORIGIN OF THE TEDDY BEAR
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/05/0501_river6.html
SCHOOLBUG
Directory of every school in the U.S., Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S.
Virgin Islands. Includes profiles on over 17,000 school districts.
http://www.schoolbug.orghttp://www.schoolbug.org
SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
CREATIVE CHEMISTRY
There are full-color worksheets and teaching notes for fun activities
suitable for a chemistry club, and over two hundred pages of question
sheets and practical guides for GCSE and A Level Chemistry. Also find
fun chemistry puzzles, interactive revision quizzes, molecular models,
and the Sc1 Tune-up Garage to help improve GCSE science investigations.
http://www.creative-chemistry.org.uk/index.htm
MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR THERMAL EMISSION SPECTROMETER
Homepage for the Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES) in the Department
of Geological Sciences at Arizona State University. TES is one of five
instruments on the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft. Attempts to present
up-to-date information about the TES instrument and its activities at
Mars. Also: information about infrared spectroscopy and links to many
other Mars-related sites and an active Mars K-12 Outreach Program.
http://tes.asu.edu/
MATH AND PHYSICS APPLETS
Applets written by Paul Falstad to help visualize various concepts in
math and physics. You should be able to view them with any Java-capable
browser.
http://www.falstad.com/mathphysics.html
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY MYCOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS:
TYPE AND GENERAL COLLECTIONS DATABASES
Contains approximately 60,000 lichenized and nonlichenized fungi. The
only collection of its kind in Oregon, and an important resource for
the Pacific Northwest. Recognized as a global central repository for
vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae. Contains the world's most complete
collection of hypogeous fungi.
http://ocid.nacse.org/research/herbarium/myco/index.html
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