Writing Wednesdays – Getting “it’s/its” correct: it’s its own reward

Posted by on Jan 29, 2014
Writing Wednesdays – Getting “it’s/its” correct: it’s its own reward

It’s or its? Based on the extremely scientific survey of homophones I see misused on various media: books, Facebook, emails, etc. this has got to be the number one most commonly misused. Let’s start with an example:           I saw this going around Facebook recently, and it is a prime example […]

Writing Wednesdays – the Vocative Comma

Posted by on Jul 17, 2013

I will admit that I tend to over-comma. I can’t help it. It’s just such a handy little thing. It tells a reader when to stop and take a breath, it separates different thoughts, itemizes lists, and just generally helps give structure and meaning to all the little words floating around within a sentence. Commas […]