Jun 21, 2020 · As suggested in the above article, the formal way of doing this is to write "personal communication" in full, and include the date it was received. The author has used a less formal approach by abbreviating and not giving the date.

I looked at a bunch of style guides to see what they have to say on this subject. The vast majority of them dedicate at least a paragraph to the distinction (or nondistinction) between "in behalf of" and "on behalf of"—but not one addresses the question of how to handle "on behalf of" when used by a speaker to refer to another person and to him- or herself.

Jul 11, 2015 · Or "Communication wizard" "Retorical talent" "Multitalend Chatter" "Chatting animal" Share. Improve this ...

Dec 27, 2012 · Personal communication. The planting is referring to earlier in the paragraph, describing trees that, "were imported from Japan (1908-1911) and planted throughout the lower Gulf Coast states from the northern Florida Gulf coast to Texas."

Dec 28, 2011 · I remember being taught (though I can't really vouch for the accuracy of the lesson) that 'cell' phones were so named because they'd only function in a particular 'cell,' or 'limited-area-of-coverage-offered-by-a-particular-company-because-American-phone-companies-are-reluctant-to-share-infrastructure-unlike-Australian-ones.'

Jan 20, 2022 · Dale Jarman (personal communication) presents the most convincing etymology. He derives the term from dogal (see above) since these young orphaned calves could be led by a rope tied around the neck. It's is possible that some cowpoke who knew enough Spanish to mistakenly identify -al as the common collective suffix, may have coined the blend ...

I am informed (Karen Corrigan, personal communication) that this palatalization does occur in Irish, but only in the Ulster dialects, so that it is very unlikely that the Dublin-born Sheridan would have been influenced by it.

Usage of the former is often seen in a corporate communication when the author wishes to add a degree of formality or authority to the explanation. For example, 'see data in the below table'. Ironic, really, as instead of adding gravitas it results in the author sounding generic and bland.

Jun 6, 2015 · For pages within websites, the guideline recommends adding quotation marks to the page title. Thus, for example, Chicago would endorse referring to this website as simply English Language & Usage and to this page of the website as "Case of website names in written communication."

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