Every one, everyone. The rst
phrase, the open
compound word everyone is usually used as an
adjective to modify nouns and means all Sarah ate everyone of her beans The second word is a singular
indefinite pronoun and means all the people being talked about Everyone ate all of his or her beans See also
modifier and
pronoun.Everyone. See
every one.Everything. Distinguish between the
compound word everything (which means things one by one Sandy picked up everything in the room no matter how heavy it was) and the
indefinite pronoun everything (which means all things Sandy picked up everything in the room immediately”).
Except. See
accept.Exclamation point. The exclamation point (!) is a
punctuation mark that is used for emphasizing statements “You’re telling me The exclamation point
can appear inside or outside quotation marks, depending on the role it plays in the sentence and what is being emphasized. The example sentence correctly puts the exclamation mark inside the quotes since a whole emphasized
sentence is being quoted in full. If you are quoting speech that is not an exclamation but want to emphasize your feelings about the quoted statement, put the exclamation point outside the quotes:
“How disgusting it is to hear words like ‘damn’!”
When the exclamation point ends a quoted statement that is followed by a
phrasethat
identi es the speaker, no
comma should appear after the exclamation mark.
WRONG: Begone the artist said RIGHT Begone the artist said.”
The exclamation point can appear inside or outside
parentheses: “Don’t dare use
expletives here (like damn I said this (and by heaven, I meant it) in the meeting.”
See
emphasis.Expletive. There are two things called expletives to think about as you write:
strong language and bland introductory words.
Grammatical expletives are bland constructions too often used to introduce sentences.
These expletives begin with “it” or there and are followed by forms of
“be”: There are four of them Although they represent a sort of
emphasis because they change the most common
order of words in a
sentence (subject, verb, object), too many writers have used and overused this device. As a result, there is little emphasis to be gained from such sentences, which probably should be rewritten when you nd
them during
revision or proofreading phases of your writing.
Words beyond the boundaries of good taste (however that is de ned by you and the people who will read your writing) can add spice and emphasis to your writing.
But such words must
be used with the greatest care, as it is impossible to predict thee ect they will have on your
audience or who might be among your readers that you didn’t expect to be there or to offend.
