To the bolded: Veronica Roth wrote herself into a corner, and Tris' death probably was done purely for shock value. Roth has this great premise but had trouble coming up with the "why?" of … (View Post)
I'm an editor, and . . . tbh, there's zero consistency in this rule. Strunk and White says "Jones's" unless you're talking about someone biblical (you'd say "in Jesus' name"), but… (View Post)
My high school AP English Language teacher used to tell us "you are allowed three exclamation points this semester." One girl got mad because "how else are we going to show excitement?… (View Post)