Before you affect a change, consider the effect of previous changes. ### Most of the time, affect is a verb and effect is a noun. (But not always. That would be too easy!) The verb to affect means to influence something (or, to have an effect on it). Verbs are often Actions which, like affect, begins with an 'A'. … Continue reading Affect or Effect?
Category: beginning writers
Looking for Clues
evaluating internet information
Still Diverting
This is an update of my post originally entitled A Diversion, published – would you believe – in 2013 ! Challenges from Chris Fielden and Friends I’ve been following Chris Fielden’s challenges for many moons, at https://www.christopherfielden.com/ I enter short stories in his two-yearly To Hull and Back competitions and have even been shortlisted. (My story, … Continue reading Still Diverting
That Which Is Write
Confession: the first thing I learned about ‘that’ is that it never needs a comma before it. It sounded too good to be true! Now I try it for size in my sentence, and if it sounds right, I use it. This is, of course, an over-simplification, but it works more often than not. It … Continue reading That Which Is Write
Finding Pearls among Poop
evaluating internet information
Where Commas Fear to Tread
commas again - where NOT to use them.
Comma Conclusion, Part 5
(even) more about commas
But and Because; Commas Part 4
(even) more about commas
Continuing Commas, Part 2: Comma Categories
Exploring types of comma
Comma Conundrums, Part 1: Rotating Sentences and the Oxford Comma
Teacher lied about commas.
Writing Wrinkles, and Random Ramblings 