A World Without "Whom"

generally use Latino rather than Hispanic when a broader term is necessary.

The em dash will shine bright, however, if you’re indicating a break in thought, aiming for an emphatic pause, or setting off an aside that’s a step above being relegated to parentheses.

Generally, -sized is used to comparatively describe the size of something (e.g., a nickel-sized spider would describe a spider roughly the size of a nickel) and -size to indicate something’s function or utility (e.g., child-size furniture describes furniture meant for the use of children,

Italicize franchise names, however, when referring to a media series: e.g., “the Saw movies,”

the “well,” or the middle section of the magazine,

•Most Indonesians don’t use family names in the way Westerners do; their names may be based on factors including geography, social standing, and religious influences.

“a colon means ‘that is to say’ or ‘here’s what I mean.’”

For a noun or other word that traditionally wouldn’t take a verb form, use a hyphen plus ing to create the verb form if the word ends in a vowel

A collective noun, to be clear, is a noun that refers to something comprising a number of people or things—like the words family, group, duo, and team. Typically the verb that follows can be either singular or plural in form, depending on whether the individuals who make up the collective noun are acting together or separately.