Aka English Rules

Mistake: If a person wants to succeed in business life, you need to know the rules of the game. In those days when everyone is the guy who takes over, the one who isn`t afraid to break the rules and stand out – like Steven Yeun (aka Glenn in The Walking Dead), dressed here in the most sophisticated, crispest and workplace-ready tweed costumes of the season. (GQ Magazine) This is all the rules tested on the ACT, as well as how they are likely to appear. Knowing these rules will allow you to move forward with confidence in your ACT practice. Aka and a.k.a. are often used in printing, but the rules of style guides and formatting standards are often strict and irreconcilable. Many students see MLA formatting as rigid and inflexible until they have to stick to APA formatting or Chicago style and learn to see MLA as relatively indifferent to most formatting details. The English rules tested on the ACT can be divided into two categories: use and rhetoric. Usage skills are what are commonly referred to as “grammar rules,” such as punctuation, subject/verb matching, and verb tenses. Knowing the rules of grammar is just the beginning.

Now you have to practice them again and again until you perfect your knowledge of them. The ACT only tests very specific uses of certain types of punctuation. These rules, and only these rules, are explained in more detail below. Wondering how best to practice these grammar rules? While this can be pretty obvious when you can use the acronym, there are firm and quick rules on when you should NOT use it in academic writing. For informal writing, it`s okay to use it in various situations, as explained above, but you need to be careful when sticking to more technical posts. What is not acceptable in academic contexts is the informal use of aka to introduce an alternative ad hoc term just to describe/characterize something – like: Error: The elephant is the animal that asks for the most treats. A modifier is a word or phrase that describes something (also known as a modifier). There are two types of modifier problems tested on the ACT: dangling modifiers and misplaced modifiers. After getting our dinner for free, they also gave us too much ice cream for dessert! » Tip: Although AKA may indicate a relationship between words and concepts, keep in mind that it is an abbreviation with a very specific meaning, so its use is limited. Opt for something else if AKA doesn`t work for your situation. [1] My uncle explained to me that bonsai breeding was part of the culture of our ancestors, which could accompany me throughout my life.

[2] He said that bonsai, as old as Hoshi, didn`t need much care, but he would teach me what I needed to know. [3] He added that I could easily do whatever was necessary for Hoshi`s care in my dormitory. [4] It`s funny to think that Hoshi is older than my great-grandparents. Bonsai trees are grown from parts of normal-sized trees that are kept small by pruning and plants in small pots. [5] They thrive only in full sun, but must be pruned several times a year and kept at temperatures well above freezing throughout the year. [6] Bonsai must also be watered carefully, and Hoshi in particular needs to live outdoors in the summer to get the best light and indoors in the winter because of the cold. Idioms are phrases that mean something different from the actual words they use, such as “cats and rain dogs” or “kick in the bucket.” But in English, we also have short sentences of words that always fit together, and these are also tested on the ACT. Joseph Merrick, aka The Elephant Man, 1889, is of an unknown photographer and is in the public domain courtesy of “Death Of The `Elephant Man`”, British Medical Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1529 (19 Apr 1890), pp.

916-917, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.1529.905, via Wikimedia Commons. However, comparisons between three or more things are formed by the construction “x is the most [adjective] / [adjective]-is of [things]”. For example, Lucy was the most qualified student in the class or The cheetah is the fastest land animal. When the sentence, also known by the name, was first abbreviated to an acronym, the letters were separated by dots, signaling that it was actually an acronym and not a word in its own right. When k.a. was used more frequently, the dots of the abbreviation were omitted. In fact, aka is widely favored over a.k.a and even the merriam-Webster and Oxford English dictionaries list it as aka in their sample sources. It also doesn`t look like any other common English word, so it works well as a standalone word when used as an aka. Mistake: Cheetahs are the fastest of all land mammals. Police and lawyers know that aka introduces the pseudonym of a person. Fragment: Such as electrical engineering, chemistry and industrial engineering. If you`ve ever been a little stressed about using aka and its proper form, you don`t have to worry because all forms are generally accepted.