Hyphenation and Nonhyphenation Rules
I’m often asked what the rules are regarding when and what to hyphenate. Here are two easy rules of thumb to use when writing:
Rule 1: ALL pre-, post-, semi-, multi-, non-, and anti- words are NOT hyphenated.
EXCEPTIONS:
- all pre-e words (as, pre-engineered) and pre-owned
- all semi-i words (as, semi-indirect) and semi-antique
- all multi-i words (as, multi-indented) and multi-ply (confused with multiply)
- non-oil, non-euclidean, no-nonsense (adjective), non-U, and no-no (noun)
- all anti-i words (as, anti-inflammatory), anti-art, anti-utopia, and anti-utopian
- post-Kantian and post-obit
ALL words involving a proper noun MUST BE hyphenated (as, pre-Columbian, post-Stalin, semi-Impressionist, multi-European, non-American, and anti-Albanian)
Rule 2: ALL sub-, super-, ultra-, un-, under-, counter-, hyper-, hypo-, inter-, intra-, mega-, micro-, mini-, mis-, over-, para- are NOT hyphenated.
EXCEPTIONS: intra-arterial, para-aminobenzoic, para-aminosalicylic
When the prefix “ex-” denotes former, hyphenate (as, ex-child actor, ex-husband, ex-wife, ex-president)
Free CraigsList Search Tool
Are you an avid CraigsList reader? If you are, you know searching CraigsList is time-consuming and rather clunky. You need the free CraigsList Reader by Motion Technologies.
Main features include:
Your search will be based on multiple locations and multiple categories. Fast searches are performed by using concurrent connections. You can also only search for titles or for the jobs that have images.
You search through all the categories and sub-categories. A section “Categories” is provided in the left menu so that you can easily select mutliple categories and sub-categories.
You can search through the entire world, or just some Country, State or City.
A separate section “Options” is provided for you to manage your search settings. You can set the maximum thread count value and also you have the option to “Save settings when exit” or “Save Search result when exit.”
You can easily sort items by location, category or heading.
Save some time and get organized with the free CraigsList Reader search tool.
JiWire Wi-Fi Finder and Hotspot Directory
Taking care of business on the road is free and easy with a laptop and JiWire’s Wi-Fi Finder and Hotspot Directory. With a current listing of over 240,000 free or paid Wi-Fi hotspots in 135 countries, it’s easy to stay in touch with your clients. JiWire also offers free Wi-Fi tools for Apple’s iPhone, Skype, a widget for Mac Os X, and Hotspot Helper for Windows XP, find hotspots with or without an Internet connection. JiWire Wi-Fi Finder is a nice tool for business road warriors and the leisure traveler.
Local Virtual Helps Spread the Word About The Benefits of Real Estate Virtual Assistance
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Millbury, Massachusetts – Cynthia Papia of Office To-Go is pleased to announce that she is now affiliated with the International Real Estate Assistants Association, also known as IREAA. Together, they hope to raise the level of awareness of the real estate virtual assistant industry.
Hardly a passing fad, the Virtual Assistant industry grows stronger and stronger each day and is estimated to have some 20-30,000 professionals with businesses in the field. Virtual Assistants (VAs) provide administrative and marketing support remotely via technology such as the Internet, email, fax and phone often to small businesses around the globe.
In real estate, a VA can offer relief from such time-consuming activities as listing coordination, lead generation and management and transaction coordination, allowing real estate professionals to do what they do best – buy and sell property.
For more information about Office To-Go or Cynthia Papia, visit www.officeto-go.com. Go to www.IREAA.com to learn more about this association.
About Office To-Go
Launched in January 1992, Office To-Go specializes in providing virtual administrative support, real estate virtual assistance, desktop publishing, custom business cards and graphics to small and mid-sized companies, realtors, entrepreneurs, SOHOs, and executives. Visit the website at www.officeto-go.com.
About the International Real Estate Assistant Association
The International Real Estate Assistants Association (www.IREAA.com) is comprised of several experts in the business of supporting real estate professionals. Together, they possess the skills, background, experience and knowledge to help current and aspiring real estate assistants make their services highly sought after by agents and brokers.
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Repair corrupted or damaged Word documents for free
I ran across this free program from GetData and thought it worthy of attention. It’s a FREE program and has a 100% guarantee!
Repair My Word “is a data recovery program for Microsoft Word documents. It is designed to recover text from damaged or corrupt Word files (.doc files) that will not open normally. The recovered text can then be saved as an error free Microsoft Word document.
Some common error messages which can prevent a user opening a Microsoft Word document include:
- “The document name or path is not valid. Try these suggestions. Check the file permissions for the document or drive. Use the File Open dialog box to locate the document.”
- “Word cannot open the document.”
- “Word cannot open the document: user does not have access privileges.”
- When you attempt to open a Microsoft Word 97 document into Microsoft Word version 6.x or 7.x, the document contains garbage characters.
Repair My Word will allow you to obtain access to the contents of corrupt word documents. It will repair Microsoft Word 6.0, Word 95, 97, 2000, XP, and 2003 for Windows.
Repair My Word is simple to use. Just open the corrupt Word file, preview the recoverable text in the preview window and save this text to a new error free Word file.”
Make a Date to Reply Later with Outlook
If you’re like me you get a lot of email every day but can’t reply to some or all of them right away. So what do you do? Well, you could try to remember it, write it down on scrap paper or look through your Inbox or folder in Outlook “later.” Or you could make a date!
Drag and drop the message into your Outlook calendar folder or via the Outlook calendar on the toolbar, the entire email message will appear in the appointment screen and you can then set the time and whatever you normally do. You could also flag the email for follow-up but my preference is to make a date that I won’t forget!
10 Easy Ways to Green Your Office
If you’ve never heard of Ideal Bite, you should take a look. It is absolutely refreshing and, yes, sassy! This is one newsletter I make time to read every day.
Ideal Bite offers bite-sized ideas for light green living – ideas for real people who lead busy lives and want to make small changes that add up to big results. Our Daily Tips cover everything from biodynamic wine to eco-pet products to organic cosmetics. The secret sauce? A spoonful of “incremental environmentalism” combined with a keeping-it-real attitude.
The mission of Ideal Bite is to create a more sustainable world by connecting enlightened companies with responsible consumers who are ready to make small changes that add up. Ideal Bite is a sassier shade of green.
They have a great list of 10 easy ways your office can be green, and save money and your footprint on the planet’s resources. Download the PDF — it’s nice enough to frame!
Ideal Bite’s Top 10 Ways to Green Your Office - download the PDF, print it (on scratch or recycled paper), and post it in your break area.
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