by Jim Stitzel | Oct 2, 2007 | Asides
Wow…. folks, pay attention to your verb tenses when you write. Please, for the love of all that’s good and pure (and for the sake of my sanity). Here’s a hint: plural verb tenses go with multiple subjects. Singular verb tenses go with single...
by Jim Stitzel | Jul 26, 2006 | Writing
The rule of thumb taught in grammar school was simple – use ‘a’ before words beginning with consonants and ‘an’ before words beginning with vowels. Simple, no? Well, here’s one – ‘an’ before words beginning with...
by Jim Stitzel | Jul 19, 2006 | Writing
One of the things that a musician must learn to do is how to make their music sing. It’s one thing to be able to play the notes and master the rhythm; it’s an entirely different thing to make it sound musical. There are tempos to be followed, crescendos...
by Jim Stitzel | May 12, 2006 | Writing
I have at points in my life been called the Grammar Nazi. In high school my peers always hated it when I would proofread their assignments because I would almost always return them covered in red ink. ((It wouldn’t have been that bad if they simply could have...
by Jim Stitzel | Feb 21, 2006 | Asides
Does anyone else, when they see the word ‘cliche’ (no accent over the ‘e’, even though it _should_ be spelled ‘cliché’) just want to pronouce it like ‘clique’?
