10/07/2007
Grammar tips courtesy of The Red Pen Editor
| Karen Reddick is a great editor based on Colorado. She sends out a weekly e-mail with Grammar Tips that I highly recommend subscribing to (you can do so here). Some recent installments had titles like: Particularities of the Possessive; Italics, Capitals, and Quotation Marks for Emphasis; and Capitalizing Popular Names. Here is a recent example entitled: Making a Bold Overstatement A hyperbole [pronounced "hy-PER-buh-lee"] is a figure of speech that adds exaggeration to your writing. Hyperboles are often confused with similes and metaphors because they sometimes compare two objects. Hyperbole statements are not literally true, but people use them to sound impressive and to emphasize something, such as feelings, efforts, or reactions. The tall tales your grandfather told you about that 20-pound trout that got away is an example of hyperbole. Here are some other examples: Her feet were as big as skis. I nearly died laughing. I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. He's as big as a house. I've heard that joke a thousand times. Whether you love this stuff or it makes you break out in a cold sweat, you need it to write well! Check out more of Karen's expertise at The Red Pen Editor. Labels: grammar tips |
I found it interesting that your opening sentence extolling the virtues of good grammar contained a typo!
Surely Karen is based in Colorado?
You did, of course, make your point about the need for a good editor quite well.
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