This you tube video was done as a marketing tactic, but I think the message within the video is true to writing. The power of words is so important, especially for a writer. We can tell our stories and our readers will understand, but show the same story with different words and our readers will…
Language
Brain study
I received this from a friend via email. It is amazing what your brain can do! Good example of a Brain Study: If you can read this you have a strong mind: 7H15 M3554G3 53RV35 7O PR0V3 H0W 0UR M1ND5 C4N D0 4M4Z1NG 7H1NG5! 1MPR3551V3 7H1NG5! 1N 7H3 B3G1NN1NG 17 WA5 H4RD BU7 N0W, 0N…
More Crazy English
We’ll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes, But the plural of ox becomes oxen, not oxes. One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese, Yet the plural of moose should never be meese. You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice, Yet the plural of house…
Capital-isation
I’ve posted before on the way texting/social media has affected grammar and punctuation. Here’s another example of why it’s all so important (from my inbox)… In the world of hi-tech gadgetry, I’ve noticed that more and more people who send text messages and emails have long forgotten the “art” of capitalization. Those of you who…
English isn’t easy!
I was editing the other day and found I’d written this: She placed the end of the compression bandage over the wound and wound it around his leg. At a quick glance I thought I’d repeated myself, until I read the whole sentence. It reminded me of this list I have showing how strange English…