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Showing posts with label English language quirks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label English language quirks. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

WHICH ONE DO I USE? ITS OR IT'S?

There are many quirks in the English language, and these two little words can confound the best of us. 

Spell Check often runs its squiggly line under the word its.  When that happens, most people face the dilemma of figuring out which one to use—it’s or its—and that leaves them wide open to error. Read the rest of the article.

Saturday, September 24, 2011

VISIT MORGAN AT WEST HOLLYWOOD BOOK FAIR

I will be in the Greater Los Angeles Writers' Society booth (C11-14) at the upcoming West Hollywood Book Fair, Sunday October 2 from 2:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. I'd love to meet many of my readers.

Copies of Writers' Tricks of the Trade: 39 Things You Need to Know About the ABCs of Writing Fiction and the new Silver Sisters Mystery, Vanishing Act in Vegas will be available for purchase and signing. Details at: http://www.glaws.org/weho/2011/index.html

I will also be presenting a program "You Don't Say" -- Navigating the Quirky English Language--at the Los Angeles Sisters in Crime meeting on October 9 at 2:00 p.m. This presentation is open to the public. Details at: http://www.sistersincrimela.com/

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