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    Great Expectations for 2016

    Great Expectations for 2016

    The Thanksgiving Day announcement that we are to become grandparents has me facing this new year with a mix of eagerness and anxiety I’ve not experienced since my own first pregnancy.

    Judy January 11, 2016February 21, 2020 Editing, Uncategorized, Writing Tips No Comments Read more

    All’s Fair in Love and Words

    All’s Fair in Love and Words

    The headline was confusing to say the least.

    Judy August 12, 2015February 24, 2020 Writing Tips No Comments Read more

    Word of the Week – delusional

    Word of the Week – delusional

    Humor is usually a good way to make a point. And this picture makes the point I needed to make with a recent client who had difficulty making the distinction between deluded and diluted. Yet another pair of words that sound alike, but should not be used interchangeably.

    Judy June 5, 2014February 24, 2020 Word of the Week, Writing, Writing Tips No Comments Read more

    Stuck

    Stuck

    I have a torus palatinus. No, that’s not some obscene fetish. An oral tori is bony growth that occurs on the palate or jaw. Common, harmless, and normally painless, mine is on the roof of my mouth and doesn’t usually bother me.

    Judy June 2, 2014February 24, 2020 Uncategorized, Writing, Writing Tips 1 Comment Read more

    No one chooses to lose. Or do they?

    No one chooses to lose. Or do they?

    If you need another example of the confusion that reigns in the English language, I tackle another set of confusables today: choose – chose and loose – lose. Even though they look similar – normally a hint for rhyming words, there’s not a rhyming pair in the bunch.

    Judy May 5, 2014February 24, 2020 Uncategorized, Writing, Writing Tips No Comments Read more
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