(Dianne) Fox Writes

That graph gives me the giggles like CRAZY. I love that the “no” description is misspelled. Oh, man.
Also, Blood-Red Pencil has some tips on capitalization, which came up recently on someone else’s LJ.

Cat the Second ate all my proofing notes for this week (seriously, stepped on the keyboard and poof! they were gone), but I do have this one:
“If I were”/”If I was” — I run into this question a lot in my proofreading, and so this simple explanation really worked for me: “If I/she/he/it were” is [...]

Reminders not to over-do using the word “do” and alternatives here.
How to tell whether to use “did” or “had”.
Linking this because I thought the original use of the word “faggot” was pretty interesting!
What the word “epithet” really means.
“Like if” versus “as if”.
More on my own personal proofreading demon: lay, lie, laid.
What’s the difference between an [...]