I'm going to start today to record on a daily basis whatever happens to strike my fancy. So, it is a very cool breezy day. I just posted 5 short book reviews to The Monthly Reading Challenge. I'm suppose to put away some winter wood today from the woodpile outside but I'm playing hookey from work to write so starting this blog will get done.
I'm having a daily fight with a flock of English Sparrows that are trying to take over my barn. They are making a terrible mess so they have to go. I have destroyed several nests so far they don't leave but they get out of the barn when I am around. I'm just starting the fight so I guess I don't know how far I have to go to discourage them.
I'm trying not to spread myself to thin on WDC because I find so many things that are interesting here and I am trying to work on a new story. I really enjoy sitting at my desk with a cup of tea and reading blogs on WDC.
I think it's amazing the crow family joins you. I have hummingbirds every day and I love watching them. Birdwatching is immensely enjoyable. I am grateful that we choose to visit each day.
The temperatures have dropped here in Nevada too. There's a mountain we see in the distance, and it's already dressed in white. I think it's going to be an interesting winter, don't you?
Judith, Dr. Suess published his first children's book And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street in 1937. During World War II, he took a brief hiatus from children's literature to illustrate political cartoons, and he worked in the animation and film department of the United States Army. My first experience with his work was How the Grinch Stole Christmas, which was published in 1957 and my grandmother bought it to read to me.
It is said, the English language is very difficult to learn because of all the commonly spelled words there are. Do you agree or disagree? How many words can you think of that you think are easily confusing? And words that you think are commonly misspelled? Do you find yourself checking to be sure when you're writing or let spell check find them?
Hi.
I disagree. One of the classes I liked the most in my senior year in High School was English. Lots of words have to be used correctly, no matter what language you are using. Each word has its' own meaning.
Here are some sound alike words: here and hear, to-two-too, then-than, won or one. Each word has its' own use.
I like spell check. Even if you use spell check or the program, that follows you as you type, you have to know if the corrections make sense, with the way the word was used. I try to correct as I write, because it makes editing easier for me. I keep a handy English grammar book close, because I tend to punctuate the way I think, which does not always follow some rule, that a reviewer wants to see, in written works.
It is my phone typing that can be aggravating, the spellcheck on it will literally change words if it does not understand the context of the conversation. Or change a sentence and write something I did not say? Or write something that has no meaning within the conversation. I always blame AI.
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