Tag Archives: contractions
Praise the Portmanteaux
No… I’m not talking about fine wine. Thanks to my new Bend friend, Anita, I’ve learned that there’s a name for those “morphed” words we create: smog from smoke and fog, blog from web and log, Brangelina from … well, you … Continue reading
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Spell check gone bad
At a recent writers conference in Las Vegas, I presented a workshop on editing and handed out this little “tail” to emphasize the importance of NOT relying on spell/grammar check . How many mistakes can you find? Once there was a sweat … Continue reading
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Six Screwy Scenarios; sequel to Five Flubs
6. Anyway or anyways? Any way you look at it, the word to use is anyway. NO S. 5. Toward or towards? Same as above. NO S (at least in the U.S.) Brits say towards, Americans use toward. I wish … Continue reading
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