| Show TAKE MY WORD FOR IT iTy By y Frank Colby SECRETARY'S U HANDBOOK v Q Should Q-Should Should one use a period or ora ora ora a question mark after a request For example Will you please send us your your you list Will you reply as soon as possible possible possible pos pos- pos pos- sible A A Will Will you yau asks a question Such sentences should be followed by a question mark ri not nat t a period Some secretary's handbooks prefer the period but buto o the conf Be You will please with Will you yau please The first is declarative and calls for a period The second is in interrogative interrogative interrogative in- in and calls caUs for a question question question ques ques- tion mark Q Q-I Q I was was vas taught that same is an adjective and should not be used as 88 a a. noun But my boss repeatedly dictates Kindly forward same to the factory etc What should I do about him him L. L. L. L H. H B. B A Ask A-Ask Ask him to read this col col- col- col The College Handbook of Composition and Scott stigmatizes same the noun as a vulgarism char characteristic of ill educated writers writer and writers writers writers writ writ- ers without good taste that ought to fix him Q Q-Is Q Is women voters ever correct Seems to me it should be woman voters S. S. S C. C A According A-According to Id Mer Merriam e r r ria I am m Websters Webster's the plural women I. I is customary with a plural rt un Hence women voters women students women em em- etc In names name of organizations organizations organizations both singular and plural forms are used Womans Woman's Christian Christian Chris Chris- Christian tian T Temperance union Women's Women's Wom Worn ens en's Army Corps etc It seems to be largely a matter of af choice Q How Q-How How Yla would ld you yau write 1948 in Roman numerals We need it for an inscription on a plaque J. J. J R. R A M A-M M is 1000 C CM I is s is 48 therefore Toda Today's Vocabulary lary Item The word allocation means an allotment or apportionment Government allocation is the buying up of ot a basic commodity say wheat at a fixed price and s selling it at a fixed price to domestic do do- and foreign consumers It Itis is designed to effect better distribution and to k keep ep prices price down Pronounce it it- it AL uh n also o AL-o KAY oh KAY shun Which would you say She likes to hear me my singing sing sing- ing he has h had d one one years years year ex experience per i Such tricky constructions are quickly solved by the simple key in Mr Colby's Possessive Pronouns pamp pamphlet et G C 16 To obtain a a copy capy send c in coin and a a. s stamped t tam a in p ed self self- addressed envelope to Frank Colby care of the Salt Lake Telegram Copyright Bell Belt Syndicate Inc 1948 |
