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12/30/2020
We are all looking forward to shutting the door on 2020. If your 2021 new year's resolution is to make big changes in your life, why not start with refreshing your resume? Does your current resume reflect the achievements in your career? Is it a glowing "brag sheet" or merely a list of job tasks? Let me look over your old resume and brighten it up to make it an exciting marketing tool, a "highlights reel" of your greatest accomplishments.
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03/15/2020
Kids stuck at home during the quarantine? Do you need a little extra help with the assignments the teachers sent home with them or just need a break for an hour or two? I can help! I can come and work with the lessons provided by the school, help navigate the online class systems, or bring in extra material if they've plowed through it. Don't go through the shutdown alone!
WRITING PEEVE OF THE WEEK: its vs it's
One of my biggest pet writing peeves is the inappropriate use of apostrophes when using possessive pronouns. It drives me nuts when I see a sign or a meme that that boldly declares:
HELP THE PUPPY FIND IT’S MOTHER!
AAARRRGGHHH!
Yes, it can be confusing, especially since every other noun uses an apostrophe to show it's possessive: Molly's hat, Ben's knee, the sock's hole, etc. But not pronouns.
No possessive pronoun uses an apostrophe. Take a look:
its - your - yours - their - theirs - his - hers - ours - my - mine
Compare that to their contractions:
it's (it is) - they're (they are) - you're (you are)
A quick rule of thumb to know whether to use that apostrophe: if you can't break the pronoun into two words, then it's a possessive. DON'T use an apostrophe!
Example: It's hard to see inside its engine. (It is) hard to see inside (it is?) engine. Nope. No contraction. No apostrophe. Or to go back to the original example: “Help the puppy find it is mother” makes no sense, so it’s not a contraction.
It's easy!
Maybe next week we can practice their, there, and they're....
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