by Liz Coursen | Mar 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
It’s easy for BNI! Besides needing a comma, there are two mistakes made over and over and over and over again. The offending (and offensive) sentence: The process to become an Ambassador starts with exemplary leadership in their chapter, they are nominated by...
by Liz Coursen | Mar 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
This morning I was tweaking an introduction, and I came across a place that made me pause: is the possessive of CBS written CBS’ or CBS’s? I liked the latter, simply because you do pronounce that last “s”: C-B-S-ess. I went back and forth and...
by Liz Coursen | Mar 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
I was looking at a particular lot on an auction house’s site, and came across these two sentences about the condition of the item: Thistle Brooch: Highest amethyst flower with an inclusion that appears as a chip, but it is internal. Not apparent significant...
by Liz Coursen | Mar 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
It’s pretty easy to run around and find major, jaw-dropping mistakes in the online content of people who are running around representing themselves as editors or publishers. In fact, it’s not “pretty” easy, it’s damn easy. But,...
by Liz Coursen | Mar 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
Helllooo, Peppertree Press, with writing like this, I wouldn’t let you near my book. People, if Peppertree is so ignorant of basic writing principles and so sloppy about its writing, what’s going to happen with your manuscript? Answer: more sloppiness,...
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