We end an email with several options. I find ‘Regards’ the best one. I feel anything other than this reflects affection than greeting! See the example: Sincerely yours (Yes, I don’t pay heed to anyone else!) Yours sincerely (I’m all yours. I’m pretty sincere!) Truly yours (My soul is yours, truly!) Is there any alternate … Read more
Should I write “headers” like chapter, section, etc. with capital letters? I think I have seen both; therefore I am not sure. As an example, if I write something and want to refer to a specific chapter/section (they are numbered): “As we have seen in chapter/section [x]…” Answer This is a question for your editor, … Read more
In writing business letters, when we don’t know the name of whom we are writing to which words are better to use? Can we use “To whom it may concern”? Answer Yes, that is fine. However, it is very formal, for example with letters having to do with legal matters. Less formal and more typical … Read more
I wish to write an entry for a writing contest. The contest requires a piece of 2,000 words, and gives the following four themes or topics that I may choose to write on. But because English is not my mother tongue, I am having difficulty understanding the topics. The topics are: The Meaning of Me … Read more
As she falls down, she tries to catch something. Is it a bad writing style to start sentences with “As” like above? I know the above sentence can be written as “She tries to catch something as she falls down”, but my question is whether starting with “As” is considered as bad style or poor … Read more
In technical writing, if someone writes as his first sentence in a “conceptual introduction”… One can reconstruct a 3D wireframe model by fixing vertices where relevant edges meet. It can be reconstructed a 3D wireframe model by fixing vertices where relevant edges meet. A 3D wireframe model can be reconstructed by fixing vertices where relevant … Read more
Can I say these? Which is to be preferred? or have you got any other suggestion? Hereinafter client refers to a smartphone using Android. Henceforward client refers to a smartphone using Android. My intended meaning is that when I say "client" I mean an Android smartphone. Earlier in the text I describe different kinds of … Read more
Is it okay to use guillemets (1) for quotations in English? They are used in French. (1) Guillemets are angle quotation marks, «, », ‹, and › Answer No, standard English only ever uses the double-quotes (or, if quoting something inside the double-quotes, single-quotes) for its delimitation of quotations. (As noted in the comments, if … Read more
