Hi everyone! Once again I’ve found myself thinking about plurals. I was having a heated discussion earlier about the plural form for cactus. I was adamant the plural was cactuses, and my friend was convinced the plural was cacti, which of course… Read More ›
Hi everyone, and welcome to the third and final part in the Tips for Formatting a Manuscript series. Without further ado, here are another 5 tips to help you polish up your manuscript so that it has the best possible… Read More ›
Hi everyone, and welcome to this, the second part in a three-part series of Tips for Formatting a Manuscript. You can find part one here and part three here. Alignment The main text of your manuscript should be ‘left-aligned’. Do… Read More ›
Sending your book out to be appraised by professionals is a big deal; the chances are you’ve worked very hard for a very long time trying to make it as perfect as possible, and at the very least, you want… Read More ›
Hi everyone, it’s been a short while since I’ve written a Writing Tips post, so I carved out a chunk of time this afternoon, and that’s just what I did! Don’t Underestimate your Readers It’s rather easy to fall into the… Read More ›
After falling down another collective noun rabbit hole earlier today, I thought that I’d share another ten that jumped out at me. Interesting Collective Nouns 2 ‘Entrance’ is the collective name for a group of actresses. An entrance of actresses…. Read More ›
In my previous post, Odd Plurals, I spoke briefly about needing to find out the plural of octopus (if you’re wondering, it’s octopuses – not octopi) which led to me looking at plurals of other words. Today, I needed to… Read More ›
While I was writing this afternoon, I found myself needing to check what the plural for ‘octopus’ would be. I’ve always thought that you would say ‘one octopus, two octopi,’ however, I’ve come to learn that I have been using… Read More ›
Hi everyone here’s the latest post in my Confused Words series!
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