This is why I finished the Creative Writing degree but not the Art degree

[onceupon]

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[jess_faraday]

I wish LJ had a "like" button!

[lizs18]

This is so awesome! I think you should do a series on common mistakes. There are two that still continue to flummox me no matter how many times they are explained to me (affect vs. effect and apostrophes, especially when there is an s at the end). I totally wish I could pay you to do a grammar picture book.

[elusis]

The thing with affect/effect is that each can be a noun and a verb, and you have to know precisely what it is you're trying to say with the verb

[the_axel]

That's a brilliant description.

[elusis]

Is it? Thanks. It's the #1 grammatical error in mental health graduate writing (other than common homophones like there/they're/their and whose/who's) and I've even had to try to explain it to colleagues, but I gave up this quarter because there was so much else to deal with in my teaching.

[creentmerveille]

That is so very, very brilliant. *applauds*

[l0stmyrel1g10n]

This is one of my little pet peeves that in the grand scheme of things doesn't matter very much at all, and yet it ALWAYS bothers me when I see it: WOOKIEE HAS TWO E'S. I know that it's a made-up word and as such has no real "correct" spelling, but at the same time, usually the people who talk about Wookiees are Star Wars nerds anyway and THEY SHOULD KNOW BETTER.

[l0stmyrel1g10n]

Also, Kashyyyk has three Ys. Seeing as it's unusual to see two Ys in a row, let alone three, you'd think more people would remember that.

[l0stmyrel1g10n]

It's not supposed to be "leet" as such. ¬.¬ "lostmyreligion" was taken and at fourteen I was singularly uncreative.

[asqmh]

LOVE