The correct English spelling is “nobody” (one word) instead of “no body” (two words). “Nobody” is a negative and an indefinite pronoun that means “not one person.” It’s the opposite of “anybody.”
A sentence that uses “nobody” should not use another negative—such as “not” or “never.” For example, “There was nobody else on the bus” is correct, but “There wasn’t nobody on the bus” is incorrect because it’s a double negative.
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No, for is not an adverb. The word “for” typically functions as a preposition (e.g., “She’s going on vacation for two weeks”), but it can also function as a coordinating conjunction meaning “because” (e.g., “I will go now, for it is late”).
Phrases that begin with “for” often function adverbially (e.g., “… for two weeks”). However, “for” is a preposition in these phrases.
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Yes, for can be used as a conjunction meaning “because” (e.g., “She wore her winter coat, for the wind was bitterly cold”).
However, the word “for” typically functions as a preposition (e.g., “She has lived here for ten years”) rather than a coordinating conjunction in modern English.
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For is typically a preposition when determining its part of speech (e.g., “Is this coffee for me?”).
However, “for” can also function as a coordinating conjunction meaning “because” (e.g., “I accepted, for it was a fair offer”).
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Yes, for is a preposition (e.g., “I bought this card for Ellen”).
The word “for” can also function as a coordinating conjunction meaning “because” (e.g., “I did not doubt him, for I knew him to be an honest man”).
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A compound modifier is two or more words that act as a single adjective to modify a noun. Another term for this is “compound adjective.”
For example, in the sentence “The committee hired a well-known author to speak at the conference,” the compound modifier “well-known” describes the noun “author.”
Compound modifiers are often connected with a hyphen (e.g., “my eight-year-old daughter” or “self-cleaning oven”).
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The definition of a modifier is “a word, phrase, or clause that modifies another word, phrase, or clause in a sentence.” The word “modify” means “to change.”
Modifiers—such as adjectives, adjective phrases, adjective clauses, adverbs, adverbial phrases, adverbial clauses, participle phrases, and prepositional phrases—enhance or limit the meaning of the words they modify.
For example, in the sentence “Erin bought a blue convertible car,” the adjectives “blue” and “convertible” modify the noun “car.”
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The guidelines to spell out numbers in APA style writing are as follows:
- Spell out the ordinal numbers “first” through “ninth” and the cardinal numbers “one” through “nine” unless they express time, measurements, or percentages/percentiles (e.g., “We interviewed 30 fifth-grade students from three schools”).
- Use numerals for numbers 10 and greater or 10th and higher (e.g., “The 11th-grade students took a survey”).
- Numbers that begin sentences should also be spelled out even if they are greater than 10 (e.g., “Twelve of the participants said they prefer reading nonfiction”).
- When possible, avoid beginning sentences with double-digit numbers. Instead, reword the sentence so that you can use numerals (e.g., “The results showed that 15 students prefer graphic novels”).
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An ordinal number is defined as a number that identifies a position in a sequence or system of levels or rankings.
You can write ordinal numbers as words (e.g., “third”) or cardinal numbers combined with “-st,” “-nd,” “-rd,” or “-th” (e.g., “20th”).
For example, someone might live on the 31st floor of a building or win fourth place in a competition.
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Most (but not all) style books say to hyphenate numbers that have two words (e.g., “forty-six days”).
Unless your style requirements say otherwise, use a hyphen (-) when you need to write the words for a double-digit cardinal number (e.g., “thirty-one flavors”) or ordinal number (e.g., “twenty-first birthday”).
Some of the most common guidelines for hyphens and numbers are as follows:
- APA uses hyphens for two-word numbers but only uses words for 10 and greater at the beginning of a sentence (e.g., “Last year, 25 teachers retired” or “Twenty-five teachers retired last year”).
- Chicago uses words for numbers up to 100 and hyphens in numbers with two words (e.g., “The conference included workshops by twenty-seven professional musicians”).
- MLA requires words for all numbers that have one or two words and doesn’t use hyphens for numbers (e.g., “The researchers interviewed thirty two students”).
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