Friday Favourites (parts of speech)

Favourite chips: All Dressed. Favourite candy: Fuzzy Peaches. Favourite berry: Saskatoon. Favourite part of speech: interjection. Hey! That’s a strange part of speech. Yep! It sure is. (Cheesy alert!) Interjections are part of our verbal communication all the time, and even on social media or in text messages. But what are they, really? I thinkContinue reading “Friday Favourites (parts of speech)”

Keeping it parallel. (But not horizontal?)

As a reader, some writing is just satisfying. Nothing makes me happier than a well-written book. I appreciate you, writers! One of the things that I find the most satisfying is the use of parallel structures. It just feels right. As kids, we are taught to find patterns, and I think we just don’t stop.Continue reading “Keeping it parallel. (But not horizontal?)”