Sunday, February 24, 2008

The End of Snobs

32 was interesting. I have a habit of smooshing my words together, like everyday and alot (even though spelling it that way is wrong no matter what). 
The numbers chapter was nice. I've never learned any number rules so I have always just done whatever I've wanted. I think I'm more of a numeral person. But I'm glad I know the rules now so that I can do it right. 
Less than vs. Fewer than was interesting although it could be kind of confusing trying to figure out when it is a single item, such as the "eight gallons of gas" example she used. This is a fun rule but I doubt I'll even remember it tomorrow. I don't use less than / fewer than very often. 
The Satan article cracked me up. It was a little lengthy but here are some of the ones I found interesting: "waked" (who knew it was really a word?), compliment / complement, disc / disk (never thought about this difference), and flammable / inflammable (I had no idea these were the same).
I'm a little sad that I've finished the book because it was fun. I don't think that I'll remember half of these rules because it was a lot to take in, but I'll probably keep it around as a reference for the particulars of writing. 

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