Sara Rosinsky

Before I came up with this, I *always* had to look up the spelling of "palette." #writing #spellingcounts #design

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Today, a Thanksgiving-appropriate lesson, along with a complementary teachable moment provided by Nextdoor yesterday. (I'm realizing that the Nextdoor author capped their version of "pennies" unnecessarily, but let's tackle one topic at a time.) #Thanksgiving

You'll find this in the book: Unflubbify Your Writing: Bite-Sized Lessons to Improve Your Spelling, Punctuation, and Grammar. Available on Amazon and at Unflubbify.com.

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Today, I'm sharing a screenshot from Nextdoor. Please believe me when I say that I'm not judging the writer as stupid or flawed; I'm just using their real-life example for illustrative purposes. I am also posting two relevant lessons.

PS: It's "Them's the breaks," but "slam on the brakes."

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I'm so excited to read this (obviously used) book. I adore the Adrian Mole series and thought I'd read all the books in it, but I haven't.

Looking at the title reminded me that I'm still insecure about the whole prostrate/prostate thing. I'm re-sharing the lesson for my benefit as much as anyone's.

This lesson is in the book, should you want to keep it close at hand. ("The book" = Unflubbify Your Writing: Bite-Sized Lessons to Improve Your Spelling, Punctuation, and Grammar, available on Amazon and at Unflubbify dot com.) #writingcommunity

Have you ever thought about this weirdness?

What are you going to do with your extra hour this weekend?

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I depend on this mnemonic myself.

You'll find this lesson in the book (Unflubbify Your Writing: Bite-Sized Lessons to Improve Your Spelling, Punctuation, and Grammar), available on Amazon and at Unflubbify dot com.

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Here's some solid advice: When writing an email, fill in the recipient's email address last and add any attachments first.

Do you have any advice for me?

I see "to" used for "too" a *lot,* even with legions of uninvited spelling helpers breathing down everyone's neck 24/7. #writingcommunity

Shorter is not always better, but unnecessary words waste your reader's time. My motto regarding word choice is: If it doesn't help, it hurts.

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Good news: This lesson is in the book (Unflubbify Your Writing: Bite-Sized Lessons to Improve Your Spelling, Punctuation, and Grammar), available on Amazon and at Unflubbify.com.

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You may have grown up with the mnemonic "the principal is your pal," but that doesn't really tell you the whole story.

PS: This lesson is in the book: Unflubbify Your Writing: Bite-Sized Lessons to Improve Your Spelling, Punctuation, and Grammar, available on Amazon and at Unflubbify.com.
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Here are a few of the crazy things I *used to* believe: www.shinyredcopy.com/blog/a-few-o....

Let's play "pin the apostrophe on the plural."

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The trouble is, a flare does exhibit a sort of flair, the way it shines bright and commands attention.

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While I have you here, do you know about my free list of writing resources? Here it is: shinyredcopy.com/resources.

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This is in the book. (Unflubbify Your Writing: Bite-Sized Lessons to Improve Your Spelling, Punctuation, and Grammar, just $12.99.)

In his Modern English Usage, Bryan Garner says that saying "jive with" instead of "jibe with" is at Stage 2 out of 5 on his Language-Change Index. I've shared a screenshot of his amusing shorthand for this index.

Someone on LinkedIn asked whether I'd covered this topic. And I passive-aggressively posted this lesson, tagging her, and pointed out that THIS IS IN THE BOOK. (Unflubbify Your Writing: Bite-Sized Lessons to Improve Your Spelling, Punctuation, and Grammar.)

Open this events compilation pronto—a couple of these things are happening TODAY!
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Forget and ignore all song lyrics. They will lead you astray.

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In case you're writing or designing holiday cards, make sure you replace letters with an apostrophe and not an opening single quote. See the article I wrote for @creativepronetwork.bsky.social called "Naughty Apostrophes and How to Tame Them": creativepro.com/naughty-apos....
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Before you start reading below: Have you ever considered what "won't" is a contraction of? 🤔

PS: Yes, it's fine to end a sentence with a preposition.

Yikes. I noticed some problems with the last version I did of this, so I'm posting an improved one. But the lesson is still in the book (Unflubbify Your Writing: Bite-Sized Lessons to Improve Your Spelling, Punctuation, and Grammar), and said book is still available at Unflubbify.com.

Happy Friday!

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(Please admire the border on this one, composed of stylized C's and O's.)