Tag: spelling

• IT “AIN’T” WORKING

  Oh Microsoft, why do you vex me so? My wonderful proof readers have challenged my quirky use of the word “aint” in the text of my new short story.  Because it is slang, and I only use it in dialogue, I made a choice to spell it without the apostrophe, aint.  I thought it might…

  Jamie Greening

  July 23, 2014

  Books, Writing

  ain’t, editing, Microsoft Word, proof readers, proof reading, Self-Editing, spelling, word choice, Writing

• THE DILEMNA DILEMMA

  I’ve been wrong for over 30 years. I know, it seems impossible, but I have been.  I learned about my wrongness on Friday while blogging, of all things. The problem is that I didn’t know I was about to learn something because I thought I already knew it.  I hate when I think I know…

  Jamie Greening

  September 23, 2013

  blogging, Writing

  dilemma, dilemna, education, Grammar Girl, misspelled words, spelling, Writing