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Sexy Suspense<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

A to Z April Blogging Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n

\"A2Z<\/a><\/p>\n

Usually once a year I decide I need to upgrade or learn something new about the craft of writing. This time it stemmed from a freak-out over punctuation. Gawd, the English language with its they’re, their, and there, proving it has the zaniest spelling system ever invented. It requires a quirky understanding of past and present tense, among many other\u00a0eccentricities.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes,<\/p>\n

But the plural of ox should be oxen, not oxes.<\/p>\n

Then one fowl is a goose, but two are called geese,<\/p>\n

Yet the plural of moose should never be meese,<\/p>\n

You may find a lone mouse or a whole nest of mice,<\/p>\n

But the plural of house is houses, not hice.<\/p>\n

Part of a Poem Attributed to Anonymous<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s important to have reference resources at your fingertips to fight the good fight.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_1028\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI’m exhausted. I spent all morning putting in a comma and all afternoon taking it out\u201d \u00a0Oscar Wilde<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It was time brush up on some skills.<\/p>\n

\"castle\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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