Nuts & Bolts

Workshop for Authors
FREE ~ April 4th ~ 11 AM to 3 PM
Clark County Library 1401 East Flamingo Road Las Vegas, Nevada
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Publishing Basics – How It All Works
Las Vegas publisher Carolyn Hayes Uber will explain the basics of the publishing industry from the big New York publishing houses to smaller independent presses [...]

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 knew why.
4.   Principal or principle
My fifth-grade teacher told me:
Use principal when referring to a person: remember the school [...]

Fab Five Flubs

Though the following examples may not be the worst grammatical goofs, I see them frequently and they drive me crazy:
5.   Its or it’s?
If you don’t know which one to use, try this simple test: Say it is in place of it’s in your sentence and if it works, it’s (it is) it’s! If not, it is [...]

Apostrophe Catastrophe

I realize that there are more important things in the world to worry about than the misuse of the apostrophe, but still, it is aggravating. Why can’t people - highly intelligent people at that - use the apostrophe appropriately? Here are some helpful hints:
NO apostrophe is needed when the word is plural:
The boys in the band are [...]