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Bookmark or Share- A, bee, sea, dee, ee, eff, jee, eych, eye, jay, kay, ell ...One that is used at times is ess - for instance, when describing the shape of a type of curve in a road. In general they are fairly obvious. Bee Cee Dee Ef Gee Em En Tee The two lists below have slight differences. The first seems more AE oriented and the second more BE oriented. For instance: Y = wye in the first and wy in the second
- punctuation for time [colon vs full stop] - WordReference ForumsThree other style manuals used in the U.S., those of the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Associated Press (AP), the American Psychological Association (APA), and the Modern Language Association (MLA), are available on-line only for purchase of the paper edition or through an annual paid subscription.
- in different times-at different times | WordReference ForumsThe preposition depends on what you mean by "times." There is a difference between times on the clock, e.g. 0700, 1430, 4 p.m., etc and periods of time such as "olden times," "modern times," etc. Times on the clock take "at," while periods such as "olden times," "modern times" takes "in."
- contemporary times means these days? - WordReference ForumsThat contemporary times is pleonastic should be obvious to anyone who can recognize the root embedded in the word. This is where modern and contemporary are not interchangeable synonyms; you can say "modern times", but "contemporary times" just sounds naff. To the OP I would recommend "present times" or "modern times" as a minimal change.
- in modern times / in present times | WordReference ForumsI agree about "the modern times." I just want to add, though, that while modern times and the present (and nowadays) can be synonymous, they aren't always. In particular, modern times is less specific. Depending on what you're talking about, it could mean "the present," or "since World War II" or "since the Industrial Revolution."
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