May 1
2015
April 30
2015
Theory Thursday: Indefinite Pronouns (Briefs Included)
Indefinite pronouns refer to something that is unspecified.
Here’s a list of indefinite pronouns and their machine briefs:
anybody= NIB
anyone= NIN
anything= NIG
each= AOEFP
either= AO*ERT
everybody= EFRB
everyone= EFRN
everything= EFRG
neither= NAOERT
nobody= NOB
no one= N*ON
nothing= NOG
one= WUN
somebody= S-B
someone= SWUN
something= S-G
several= SEFRL
many= MAEN
few= FAOU
both= BO*ET
some= SM-
most= MOFT
none= NON
all= AUL
any= NI
Pronoun Source: English Grammar Revolution
April 24
2015
Friday Phrases
April 23
2015
Theory Thursday: Time
o’clock= KLK
one o’clock= 1K
two o’clock= 2K
three o’clock= 3K
four o’clock= 4K
five o’clock= 5K
six o’clock= K6
seven o’clock= K7
eight o’clock= K8
nine o’clock= K9
ten o’clock= 10K
eleven o’clock= 1/1K
twelve o’clock= 12K
a.m.= AM
p.m.= PM
(NOTE: Your software should be set to automatically add :00 after any digits of 1-12 that you write before writing a.m or p.m.)
(ALSO NOTE: Your software should have a command for a number conversion that will allow numbers to be converted into “clock mode.” In my dictionary, the clock mode designation is KLM, defined as {Number Conversion}[nN:NN] If I write KLM on my machine and then write numbers on my machine following the clock mode stroke, the numbers will convert into a time format that includes a colon (00:00).
April 20
2015
Medical Monday: Crepitation
Crepitation is defined as follows: “(1) A crackling sound made in breathing by a person with an inflamed lung, detected using a stethoscope. (2) A dry sound like that of grating the ends of a fractured bone. (3) The sensation felt on placing the hand over the seat of a fracture when the broken ends of the bone are moved, or over tissue in which gas gangrene is present. (4) The noise produced by rubbing bone or irregular cartilage surfaces together, as in arthritis.”
Machine Briefs:
OPTION #1: crepitation= KREPGS
OPTION #2: crepitation= KREP/TA*IGS
OPTION #3: crepitation= KREP/A/TAIGS
OPTION #4: crepitation= KREP/A/TA*IGS
April 17
2015
Friday Phrases
April 15
2015
Dictionary Builder: Bromatology
April 13
2015
Medical Monday: Blain
April 10
2015
Friday Phrases
April 6
2015
