Watching Your As and Us

January 21, 2008 by Chris
Filed under: Lessons Learned

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This is the kind of blog I like: one that makes me think about my writing. For the most part, I think I do all right on grammar. I can spot a misplaced it’s about as good as anyone. It’s one of my pet peeves, actually. Seeing a sentence like, “it shook it’s head”, drives me nuts. I guess I can thank the nuns for that. The hateful ruler and the mighty eraser performed their tasks admirably during my tenure at Catholic grade school.

Since I’m at the polishing stage on my work, I find the reminders about grammar helpful. I am forced to scrutinize my work. It’s not too much further for me. I’ll be sending out those query letters in no time.

And if you’re still not sure about the difference between further and farther, listen to the soundtrack from Smoke Signals, “Father and Farther”. Or better yet, just watch the movie.

Tags: blog, editing, Grammar, revision

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