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- Zetta Brown commented on her article [Reality Check] - Grammar & Punctuation – The “Rules” are Meant to be Broken@Sandra - Although I think it's OK to break the "rules" (within reason), I do think that too many people think it's OK to simply ignore things like grammar and punctua...
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In Between ProjectsAnother one I see a lot: "In the throws of publishing" (or whatever) instead of the correct usage: "In the throes of publishing." Also, "Tow the line" (incorrect) vs. "Toe the line" (correct). Happy editing!Writing Status Badges
Writing Status Badges help you distinguish yourself based on different stages of your writing life cycle.BrainstormingOutliningResearchingWritingRevisingQueryingPreparing to PublishUnder ContractPublishingPromotingBloggingIn Between ProjectsAnd I should have said...nothing destroys a book's credibility/worth more to me than spelling, grammar, and usage errors. I find them in books from the mainline publis...Writing Status Badges
Writing Status Badges help you distinguish yourself based on different stages of your writing life cycle.BrainstormingOutliningResearchingWritingRevisingQueryingPreparing to PublishUnder ContractPublishingPromotingBloggingIn Between ProjectsHaving been on the same track and deadlines at the same time, I can completely relate to your thoughts. Don't remember how many words I began with (650 pages) but ther...Writing Status Badges
Writing Status Badges help you distinguish yourself based on different stages of your writing life cycle.BrainstormingOutliningResearchingWritingRevisingQueryingPreparing to PublishUnder ContractPublishingPromotingBloggingIn Between ProjectsAnnie Tucker commented on her article Grammergency #4: Semicolons—Where Periods and Commas CollideThanks so much, Sandra! Stay tuned for a new Grammergency post on the subject of comma usage soon. In the meantime, the short answer to your question is yes, you should write "my husband, Ron," since there's only one of him.Writing Status Badges
Writing Status Badges help you distinguish yourself based on different stages of your writing life cycle.BrainstormingOutliningResearchingWritingRevisingQueryingPreparing to PublishUnder ContractPublishingPromotingBloggingIn Between ProjectsYuwanda Black commented on Annie Tucker's article Grammergency #8: When Two Words Are Better Than OneI love the word "alright"'; maybe it's b/c I'm from the south and it's the way we tend to talk. As a freelance writer for clients, of course, I practice proper usage i...Writing Status Badges
Writing Status Badges help you distinguish yourself based on different stages of your writing life cycle.BrainstormingOutliningResearchingWritingRevisingQueryingPreparing to PublishUnder ContractPublishingPromotingBloggingIn Between ProjectsMaybe it just proves I'm odd, but I thought the usage of glass ceiling in this post matched up all right with the more traditional usage — possibly because the title s...Writing Status Badges
Writing Status Badges help you distinguish yourself based on different stages of your writing life cycle.BrainstormingOutliningResearchingWritingRevisingQueryingPreparing to PublishUnder ContractPublishingPromotingBloggingIn Between ProjectsThe "said with" construction that is used in one of your examples (and that many of us use in our writing). My editor said it's an incorrect usage based on the fact th...Writing Status Badges
Writing Status Badges help you distinguish yourself based on different stages of your writing life cycle.BrainstormingOutliningResearchingWritingRevisingQueryingPreparing to PublishUnder ContractPublishingPromotingBloggingIn Between ProjectsJoyce Evans-Campbell commented on The Pink and Blue Diaries's article The Pink and Blue Diaries: What’s Gender Got to Do with It?Deborah, we can never use or allude to gender too much. It's like using rape -- never too much. (I heard a man on the news say he's sick of hearing about rape all the...Writing Status Badges
Writing Status Badges help you distinguish yourself based on different stages of your writing life cycle.BrainstormingOutliningResearchingWritingRevisingQueryingPreparing to PublishUnder ContractPublishingPromotingBloggingIn Between ProjectsThank you for this. It's been a peeve of mine for a while, this usage of "curate." "Collage" would be more appropriate, perhaps.
