Inside a Writer’s Mind

Posted on 08/13/2007 by PaulaO

Okay, not exactly inside it ’cause that would be scary. Frightening. And probably very gross.

I thought I’d share the page of notes I have sitting on my desk when I am working.

Still not quite sure about the diff between effect and affect but I am getting close. Passed and past still elude me. But that’s what paid editors are for, right?

Comments

Georganna Hancock says:

08/14/2007 at 10:24 pm

Your oh, so rite! Try to remember that “passed” is the past tense of “pass”. Past is where everything but the present is.
PaulaO says:

08/15/2007 at 12:17 am

She passed the butter while stuck in the past.

In the past, she passed the butter.

She went passed the store to get more butter.

Passed is a motion, past is time?

So, now, oh great guru, ‘splain effect and affect.

And you, oh great invisible readers, go check out Georgeanna’s post: Commonly Confused English Words

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