tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57840500729722165302009-12-15T19:58:41.966+08:00Manual of Style and UsageThe support and protection of the scholastic journalist’s growing craftABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.comBlogger144125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784050072972216530.post-37009581208519760652008-06-23T09:34:00.003+08:002008-06-23T09:42:12.805+08:00USE OF NAMES IN FIRST REFERENCEIn first reference, use the first name, middle name, and family name; first name, middle initial, and family name; first initial, middle initial, and family name; or the first name and family name; not the first initial and family name:Raymond Pascua Dumag,Raymond P Dumag,R P Dumag, or Raymond Dumag, not R Dumag; Annabelle Quevedo Passi, Annabelle Q Passi, A Q Passi, or Annabelle Passi, ABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784050072972216530.post-57449043514933698912008-06-14T20:31:00.004+08:002008-06-23T09:40:18.461+08:00USE OF EXCLAMATION MARK IUse an exclamation mark after an interjection or exclamation or after an exclamatory sentence: We felt that the freshmen were craving for help, and we, the seniors, came to rescue! What was wrong with that? We never wanted to isolate the sophomores, but some of them triggered it all! It was a conspiracy! No. It was not! It was simply a synecdoche! We never intended to hurt the sophomores as a ABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784050072972216530.post-26184510542076030682008-06-14T20:36:00.003+08:002008-06-23T09:39:54.286+08:00FIRST NAME, MIDDLE NAME, FAMILY NAMENames of persons, real or fictitious, are always capitalized. Names refer to the first name, middle name, and family name; first name, middle initial, and family name; first initial, middle initial, and family name; or the first name and family name; not the first initial and family name: Richard Manuel Cruz, Richard M Cruz, R M Cruz, or Richard Cruz,ABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784050072972216530.post-58151896679748312582008-06-23T09:28:00.002+08:002008-06-23T09:38:39.015+08:00USE OF EXCLAMATION MARK IIDo not overuse exclamation marks because they will introduce an almost hysterical tone, or they will deaden the emphasis of a sentence or sentences:We felt that the freshmen were craving for help, and we, the seniors, came to rescue!!! What was wrong with that? We never wanted to isolate the sophomores, but some of them triggered it all!!! It was a conspiracy!!! No. It was not!!! It was simply a ABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784050072972216530.post-74051861705035083852008-06-23T09:22:00.003+08:002008-06-23T09:26:19.997+08:00ACT, SCENE, AND LINE NUMBERSExpress act, scene, and line numbers in figures: Act V, Scene 10, Line 15ABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784050072972216530.post-34854696825701765882008-05-24T15:37:00.001+08:002008-06-18T15:40:28.279+08:00LIST OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR TERMSABSOLUTE ADJECTIVEABSTRACT NOUNADJECTIVEADVERBADVERB OF AFFIRMATIONADVERB OF CAUSE AND EFFECTADVERB OF CONDITIONADVERB OF DEGREEADVERB OF FREQUENCYADVERB OF MANNERADVERB OF NEGATIONADVERB OF PLACEADVERB OF PURPOSEADVERB OF TIMEAGREEMENTANTECEDENTATTRIBUTIVE ADJECTIVEAUXILIARY VERBCASECLAUSECOLLECTIVE NOUNCOMMON NOUNCOMPLEMENTCOMPLETE PREDICATECOMPLETE SUBJECTCOMPLEX SENTENCECOMPOUND COMPLEX ABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784050072972216530.post-34552473153082858762008-06-16T19:41:00.001+08:002008-06-16T19:43:30.987+08:00MONTHS THAT HAVE FIVE OR MORE LETTERSAbbreviate months that have five or more letters when they are used in complete dates: Jan. 1, 1996; Feb. 2, 1997; Mar. 3, 1998; Apr. 4, 1999; Aug. 8, 2004; Sept. 9, 2005; Oct. 10, 2006; Nov. 11, 2007; Dec. 12, 2008.ABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784050072972216530.post-31295872540530118792008-06-12T09:11:00.004+08:002008-06-16T19:39:42.723+08:00GENERAL RULE IN WRITING NUMBERSIn general, spell out numbers, either cardinal that indicates quantity or ordinal that indicates rank or order, one through nine, and use figures for numbers, either ordinal or cardinal, exactly 10 or higher than 10: one, two, three, 10, 11, 12, among others.ABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784050072972216530.post-427363252522051212008-06-12T09:09:00.002+08:002008-06-16T19:39:07.305+08:00MONTHS THAT HAVE LESS THAN FIVE LETTERSSpell out months that have less than five letters when they are used in complete dates: May 5, 2000; June 6, 2001; July 7, 2002. ABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784050072972216530.post-29125742357871277942008-06-12T09:04:00.003+08:002008-06-16T19:38:36.617+08:00GODS AND GODDESSESCapitalize specific names of gods and goddesses: Zeus, Jupiter, Aphrodite, Venus, among othersABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784050072972216530.post-42624090518929559962008-06-16T19:32:00.001+08:002008-06-16T19:37:44.976+08:00TRADEMARKS, BRAND NAMES, SERVICE MARKSCapitalize specific names of trademarks, brand names, service marks, among other marks of ownership: Sony, Coca-Cola, Yahoo!, among others.ABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784050072972216530.post-76986223854609085922008-06-16T19:28:00.002+08:002008-06-16T19:32:40.376+08:00CONSTITUTIONAL BODIESIn second and further references, abbreviate constitutional bodies as follows:BSP Bangko Sentral ng PilipinasCOA Commission on AuditComelec Commission on ElectionsCSC Civil Service CommissionOO Office of the OmbudsmanABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784050072972216530.post-60511943566012992062008-06-14T20:39:00.004+08:002008-06-14T20:45:39.072+08:00MAKATI SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOLIn first reference to the Makati Science High School, write the Makati Science High School.In second and further references, write the Makati Science (formal), not the MakSci or the MSHS (informal).In headlines, write Makati Science, not the Makati Science High School, the Makati Science, the MakSci, or the MSHS.ABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784050072972216530.post-9072023809402181842008-06-09T20:01:00.002+08:002008-06-12T16:37:31.570+08:00INITIALISMS, ACRONYMS, CONTRACTIONSIn precise usage, initialisms, acronyms, and contractions are forms of abbreviations, which are used to save time and space. Initialisms refer to terms based on the first letters of their various elements and read as a series of letters: ABS-CBN for Alto Broadcasting System–Chronicle Broadcasting Network. Acronyms refer to terms based on the first letter or letters of their various elements and ABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784050072972216530.post-85802436365336409842008-05-31T13:22:00.000+08:002008-06-01T14:55:23.652+08:00100TH POST TODAY ABBREVIATION ABSTRACT NOUN ACKNOWLEDGMENT ADJECTIVE ADVERB ADVERB OF AFFIRMATION ADVERB OF CAUSE AND EFFECT ADVERB OF CONDITION ADVERB OF DEGREE ADVERB OF FREQUENCY ADVERB OF MANNER ADVERB OF NEGATION ADVERB OF PLACE ADVERB OF PURPOSE ADVERB OF TIME ATTRIBUTIVE ADJECTIVE AUXILIARY VERB CAPITALIZATION CLAUSE COLLECTIVE NOUN COMMON ERRORS IN ENGLISH COMMON NOUN COMPLETE PREDICATE COMPLETE SUBJECT ABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784050072972216530.post-83751276366410494012008-06-01T14:39:00.000+08:002008-06-01T14:40:08.814+08:00VOICEThe inflection of a verb that indicates that the subject is active or passive.When the subject performs the action of the verb, the verb is in the active voice.Ivy Mae C Vitanzos translated the musical play.When the subject receives the action of the verb, the verb is in the passive voice.The musical play was translated by Ivy Mae C Vitanzos.ABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784050072972216530.post-67926936686215302422008-06-01T14:38:00.004+08:002008-06-01T14:39:32.849+08:00VERBALA word derived from a verb and used as a noun, an adverb, or an adjective, but not as a verb. It is either a gerund, an infinitive, or a participle.The exercise may be aerobic, biking or running, or non-aerobic, strength training.SEE GERUND, INFINITIVE, OR PARTICIPLEABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784050072972216530.post-50977526754861988482008-06-01T14:38:00.003+08:002008-06-01T14:38:43.446+08:00UNINFLECTED VERBA verb, such as bet, broadcast, burst, cast, cost, cut, forecast, hit, hurt, let, put, quit, read, recast, rid, set, shed, shut, slit, split, spread, sweat, simulcast, thrust, telecast, typecast, wed, wet, among others, that retains the same spelling in all its tenses.ABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784050072972216530.post-88289000559561728162008-06-01T14:38:00.001+08:002008-06-01T14:38:21.378+08:00TENSEThe inflection of a verb that indicates the time of action or state of being verbs, such as simple or primary tenses: simple past, simple present, or simple future; and perfect or secondary tenses: past perfect, present perfect, or future perfect.Former President Fidel V Ramos intervened by asking his aides to work out a compromise with the Malaysians, and the Supreme Court of the ABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784050072972216530.post-27945889711224056872008-06-01T14:37:00.000+08:002008-06-01T14:38:02.658+08:00RESTRICTIVE MODIFIERAlso called a non-parenthetic expression, it is a word, a phrase, or a clause that limits, qualifies, modifies, or describes a word, a phrase, or a clause in a way that is essential to the meaning of the sentence. It is usually introduced by a relative pronoun who or that and cannot be deleted because the meaning of the sentence will be affected.One of the nearly 500 000 students in the ABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784050072972216530.post-13509304645538527632008-06-01T14:36:00.002+08:002008-06-01T14:37:20.619+08:00REGULAR VERBA verb that forms its past tense and its past participle by adding –d or –ed to the present form of the verb.After garnering seven out of 10 awards, III-Michael Faraday, under the direction of Ailyn P Icabandi, topped the 1999 Makati Science High School Musical Play Competition at the Makati Science Audio Visual Room, Oct. 29.ABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784050072972216530.post-33642923681604794562008-06-01T14:36:00.001+08:002008-06-01T14:36:27.239+08:00REDUNDANT VERBA verb, such as bereaved, bereft; blended, blent; blessed, blest; burned, burnt; clothed, clad; dreamed, dreamt; dropped, dropt; dwelled, dwelt; kneeled, knelt; learned, learnt; lighted, lit; leaped, leapt; pleaded, pled; showed, shown; smelled, smelt; spelled, spelt; spilled, spilt; spoiled, spoilt; shined, shone; tapped, tapt, among others, that has two forms for its past tense.ABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784050072972216530.post-57181781696894177042008-06-01T14:35:00.002+08:002008-06-01T14:36:01.179+08:00POSSESSIVEThe inflection of a noun, a pronoun, or an adjective that indicates ownership, possession, or relationship.His life changed when he learned that he was a wizard.ABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784050072972216530.post-78021837105802085202008-06-01T14:35:00.001+08:002008-06-01T14:35:39.932+08:00PERSONThe inflection of a verb, a pronoun, or an adjective that indicates the speaker, the person spoken to, or the person spoken about: first person singular (I, me, my, mine, myself), first person plural (we, us, our, ours, ourselves), second person singular (you, your, yours, yourself), second person plural (you, your, yours, yourself), third person singular (he, him, his, himself, she, her, ABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784050072972216530.post-79532013486608780852008-06-01T14:34:00.002+08:002008-06-01T14:35:06.780+08:00PERFECT TENSEAlso called a secondary tense, it is a tense formed by adding the forms of have that shows complex time relationships in completing the action or state of being verbs. The past perfect tense is formed by had and the past participle of the main verb; the present perfect tense is formed by has or have and the past participle of the main verb; and the future perfect tense is formed by will ABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0