tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62282680016758324692024-03-05T07:58:37.080-08:00For the Love of WordsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01083830689772397016noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228268001675832469.post-65519616022118295722012-10-19T14:07:00.001-07:002012-10-19T14:07:39.690-07:00Calling verbs into action!
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Every Wednesday afternoon at precisely 1:00 p.m. the
community sirens blare through our neighborhoods, calling our attention to the
oft-chance that a tornado or other calamity should befall our towns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It got me to thinking, what are our
personal alarms? Sirens? What gets our attention?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>
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In grammar, there are many sirens sounding, trying to get
our focus to hone in on rules and misusage of our words.</div>
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I’ve noticed one commonality in my editing tasks; the ever
“present” (play on words) problem with verb tense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Past?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Present?
Future? – There are the other tenses, all important and screaming for our
attention: 1) Perfect tenses – perfect present, past perfect and future perfect
– 2) Progressive tenses – present progressive, past progressive (which to me
seems like an oxymoron – how can the past be progressive?), and last, but not
least, future progressive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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There is also passive voice and active voice. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An example of passive voice is: “My son <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">was scratched</b> by the family cat.” –
Example of active voice, “The family cat <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">scratched</b>
my son.” – Very different!</div>
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I will blog more about verb tenses in the “future.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Below is a verb exercise just for fun!</div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>What is wrong with
the following sentence?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></u></i></div>
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I “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">seen</b>” a truck
heading for the bicycle rider.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6228268001675832469" name="_GoBack"></a></div>
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Seen is the verb.</div>
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Take a closer look at the tense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Present perfect: have seen, has seen</div>
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Past perfect: had seen </div>
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Past Passive: I was seen, you were seen, he/she/it was seen
– it all ties together. </div>
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My alarms are still under inspection for improper verb
usage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Education in one’s craft,
at any age, to me, is extremely important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will continue to study grammar to become excellent at my
editing vocation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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What are your grammar alarms?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What are your pet peeves with the English language?</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01083830689772397016noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228268001675832469.post-43958701243782889332012-10-02T08:58:00.001-07:002012-10-02T09:01:40.111-07:00Following the Path!<style>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Starting a new career
path at sixty-seven years young is a bit “white-hair” raising, to say the
least! In some circles, my “mature” age makes people say things like, “She’s
washed up!” or “she’s over the hill!” – wait a minute… that is not true!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God planned all along for me to journey
this route – giving me the love of words and a passion to help others.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There’s still a great
deal of “yes I can!” as opposed to “no I can’t!” – with so many baby boomers
headed down the retirement trail, more and more people are turning to a “second
life” career.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reinvention is a
buzz word used in silver and white-haired circles frequently. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My grandmother was
one of my important role models when I was growing up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had to support herself and two
daughters as a single parent when it wasn’t considered a “normal”
lifestyle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The family apricot
ranch was parceled out and she handled her portion and provided for her family
as best she could.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My great-grandparents
lived on the same property and were instrumental in assisting her in her
day-to-day life and the raising of the children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Divorced at a young age from my Irish Catholic grandfather,
she filed charges of “abandonment” and went about trying to improve her
family’s situation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
grandfather, a World War I veteran must have been disillusioned about serving
in the United States military and trying to persuade his young protestant wife
that their children should be brought up Roman Catholic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He, evidently, hastened himself back to
Ireland and was never heard from again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Single parents back
then were accepted if they were in the “widow” class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Being a “divorcee” was frowned upon, even in the case of
abandonment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She made it through
many financial and social challenges.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>At the ripe age of sixty plus years, she found herself employed in a
print shop and made herself valuable as their assistant and “chief bean
counter.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My mother, widowed at
fifty years old, followed in her mother’s oxfords!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had a background in journalism but at fifty, didn’t know
exactly if she could launch a writing career, so she got licensed in child
care.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She did very well!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So now, it’s my
turn!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A widow, retired, with a
passion for words that has taken me through these many decades.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How would I use this gift?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who could I help?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Someone out there needs my talents and
I hope to build up a clientele of valuable, wonderful, creative and passionate
authors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6228268001675832469" name="_GoBack"></a></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01083830689772397016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228268001675832469.post-48803125812523739392012-09-19T13:26:00.000-07:002012-09-19T13:26:51.328-07:00The Art of Tying Words Together
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As a young girl, it
always interested me how words tied together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Guessing, that is why I was drawn to reading and writing
early in life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my elementary
school years I loved to compose poems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was a relationship that grew and has spanned over sixty years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing articles, short stories and
poems is a passion that is truly a gift from God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has never allowed me to turn off the “word switch.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now that I’ve started
over again, after retirement, it seemed a good idea to “step up” my love of
words and turn my eyes toward helping others get their works published.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because of my background in customer
service and my love for the “art of words,” I will strive to give people my
personal touch, along with dignity, respect and compassion for the author’s written
word.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those words are tied
together in a very personal way for each individual writer and their work
becomes a special part of my life as I get inside the characters of the project
and travel the many journeys and through exciting adventures one can only read
in books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> The “word train”
arrived at my depot when I was very young.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I enjoyed writing poems and reading at an early age.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My dad was a “word man” and was pleased
with his vocabulary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He, in turn,
decided that it would be beneficial to challenge me with new words
frequently.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was told to look up
a word, spell it correctly and learn the definition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“But Daddy, if I don’t know how to spell it, how shall I
look it up?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I asked, innocently.
“Ah, that is part of the challenge, my dear daughter.” And thus, “The game’s
afoot!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As they say!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Years passed and my
attraction to the written word grew and in elementary school I became friends
with imaginary people like, Nancy Drew, Sherlock Holmes and Tom Sawyer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My parents presented me with a complete
classic library when I was around ten or eleven.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I overcame my battle with reading comprehension and Dyslexia
(which wasn’t even a recognized disorder) as I matured and moved into junior
high school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Always a fan of
diaries and journaling, it was apparent that my love of words was not
diminishing, but increasing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thus,
a “word girl” was immerging and she morphed into a bookworm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I read mysteries, history of
fascinating characters like Davy Crockett and George Washington and fantasies,
as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In my professional
surroundings, I worked in customer service environments and<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6228268001675832469" name="_GoBack"></a>
like a “moth drawn to a flame,” my love of reading and writing proved
beneficial.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was editor of a
quality assurance newsletter at an airline company, an assistant editor of a
financial paper, and as time moved on, various online newsletters and magazines
requested and published my lifestyle articles and trusted my proofreading
abilities, as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Summary of freelance
and job related experience:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Economic Research
Newsletter – Assistant Editor</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">American Airlines
Affiliate (TSR) – Editor of the Quality Clips Newsletter</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">AMR (Training &
Consulting Division) – Typed and Proofed documents/itineraries/expense
reports/Consultant Resumes</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Southwestern Diabetic
Foundation – Camp Sweeney – contributor – various articles</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Juvenile Diabetes
Foundation – National Foundation – contributor</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Southwest Airlines –
Charitable Contributions Department – Composed and edited reports assigned by
my manager – Promoted to Project Manager for various reports and responsible
for their accuracy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Boy Scouts of America
– Information Services Division – Co-edited and contributor to the “Insider”
division newsletter</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.55-alive.com/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.55-alive.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
– Online magazine – contributor</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">N.E. Times – Local
newspaper – contributor</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Destiny in Bloom –
Online magazine – contributor</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My Purpose Now –
Online magazine – contributor</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Texas Blaze – Local
newspaper – proofread various projects and contributor</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My mission:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To use my God-given
skills to help authors achieve their dreams by presenting the most accurate
copy of their manuscripts for publication, with knowledge and integrity.</span></div>
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