Sabry
09-03-2008, 10:32 AM
السلام عليكم،
سنتناول في هذه السلسلة مجموعة من الأخطاء الشائعة في اللغة الإنجليزية
ولنبدأ معًا:
Sabry
09-03-2008, 10:33 AM
There’s no requirement for the apostrophe before the “S” in decade names like 50s and 60s, since there are no omitted letters, though it’s also acceptable to include one. The term may be written “’50s” since “19” is being omitted, but “50s” is fine too. Writers who wish to have their references to decades clearly understood in the twenty-first century would be well advised not to omit the first two digits.
Note that you may have to turn off “smart quotes” in your word processor to get a leading apostrophe like the one in “’50s” to curl correctly unless you know how to type the character directly. Or you can just type two and delete the first one.
Sabry
09-03-2008, 10:34 AM
“Abject” is always negative. You can’t experience “abject joy” unless you’re being deliberately paradoxical.
Sabry
09-03-2008, 10:35 AM
“This isn’t about you.” What a great rebuke! But conservatives sniff at this sort of abstract use of “about,” as in “I’m all about good taste” or “successful truffle-making is about temperature control” ; so it’s better to avoid it in very formal English.
عبدالرحمن
09-22-2008, 10:32 PM
موضوع جيد ويارب يكون كل جديد فى منتدنا