January 2012
Beginner
464 pages
14h 4m
English
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quality
Do not use quality by itself as an adjective. Always use high-quality. See also high-quality.
Microsoft style
Microsoft Word is a high-quality word processor.
Not Microsoft style
Microsoft Word is a quality product.
quarter inch
In general, use a quarter inch, instead of quarter of an inch or one-quarter inch.
quick key
Do not use. Use keyboard shortcut instead. See also keyboard shortcut.
quit
Do not use quit to refer to any of the following:
A user closing a program. Use exit instead.
A user closing a document or a window. Use close instead.
The action a program takes to close itself when it has encountered a problem and cannot continue. Use close instead. (Do not confuse with stop responding, which indicates that the program cannot close itself.) ...