Everybody has seen ducks fly by overhead, in the familiar "V" formation.
QUESTION: Why is one line always longer than the other???
ANSWER: On tomorrow's blog.
_________________________________________________ Commonly confused words - thanks to John Potter:
"Lie (to rest) Lay (to place)
Sit (to rest) Set (to place)
Commonly confused adjectives and adverbs:
Almost (adv. – nearly) Most (adj. – greatest in amount)
Farther (adv. – actual distance) Further (adv. – additionally)
Fewer (adj. – refers to numbers (you can count the item)) Less (adj. – refers to amounts or quantities (you cannot count the item))
Good (adj. – desirable) Well (adv. – satisfactorily) (adj. – health) as my English teacher says, you can’t feel badly because we don’t feel goodly." _________________________________________________________________________________
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JUNE 1st - SCHMOOZE, 9:30 a.m. - noon ? Vancouver - Clark County Children's Writers and Illustrators Our next schmooze is scheduled for Saturday, June 1st at 9:30 a.m. at the Cascade Park Library ? 600 NE 136th Ave. Vancouver, WA. 98664. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Vicki Lindstrom at email@example.com. ?
June 29, 2013 - MAKING YOUR FIRST PAGES SHINE with Chronicle Editor Melissa Manlove - this Rogue Valley Connection workshop is in Ashland. See website: www.scbwior.com/events for more details.
June 8, 2013 - Our FIRST SE PORTLAND schmooze is scheduled for Saturday, June 8th at 10:30 a.m. at the Holgate Library, a branch of the Multnomah County Libraries. This is your chance to Meet and Greet the Co-RAs, ask them questions, and get acquainted with each other. We will meet in the meeting room at the Holgate Library ? 7905 SE Holgate Blvd, Portland. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Carol Bloemen at firstname.lastname@example.org ?
SCBWI - The Great Critique - July 20th at Tabor Space
Thanks for visiting my site. "The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today Is Christians who acknowledge Jesus with their lips Then walk out the door and deny him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable." DC Talk