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It’s Emma period.
See that? I haven't written a thing besides the title, and already it looks like I goofed. The marketing geniuses for the new movie Emma. decided to put a period in the title. So it's Emma., not Emma. Emma.. See that? It's nearly impossible even to write about. Still...
It’s just a hyphen. Right?
Adjectives describe something in more detail. A green car. A first job. A compound adjective isn't any fancier, it just takes two words to do one job. A blue-green car. Some first-hand experience. Really, we intend it to be a single descriptor—one word, really—so we...
I ended a sentence with a preposition? Oh, crap!
"America", a fully-working solid gold toilet, created by artist Maurizio Cattelan, is seen at Blenheim Palace on September 12, 2019 in Woodstock, England. In September 2019, Blenheim Palace, the birthplace of Winston Churchill, installed a solid gold toilet. Two days...
Glass houses: if you’re going to call out grammar…
This screen shot came from our local TV station. Take it from me: if you're giving advice about spelling and quality, maybe you should spring for a proofreader. That said, I had to look up "counterfeit" to see whether it was spelled correctly. That word looks wrong...
How to catch typos
I got an email from my beloved Alamo Drafthouse movie theater. A new location was about to open, right in my neighborhood. Hooray! Right after that email, I received this emergency follow-up: Just as an update, the $5 tickets was a miscommunication and we will be...
And a cast of…
I saw this sign at Target yesterday, in the Toy Department. Maybe it should have been in Back To School. Besides print book design and converting your manuscript to eBook, don't forget we offer proofreading.
“Near” vs. “by”
Why would the Shark Club shoot anybody? Or maybe they meant the people were shot near the club.