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For Strong Girls Who Like Poetry: Elizabeth Acevedo’s The Poet X

July 26, 2019July 25, 2019 ~ Swapna ~ Leave a comment

You Might Like This Book If You…

Enjoy YA coming of age books,
Struggled with fitting into religious expectations as a teenager,
Clashed with your immigrant parents over cultural differences as an American teenager,
Love slam poetry

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Don’t embarrass yourselves or your clients: use apostrophes and the plural S correctly! #calligrafriends and #letteringcommunity, we’re at the time of year when we create memorable, gorgeous pieces for our friends and family. We want them to be pieces that they can display proudly in their homes. The last thing we want is for there to be a grammatical error that makes our clients or their guests groan. . . One of the most common messages that people want this time of year — or any time, really — is the family name. What they want their sign to say is basically, “Look, we are all members of the same family!” This is a PLURAL situation (more than one person, place, or thing), not possessive. . . Apostrophes do one of two things: show possession (I own this thing, he owns something, they own something), or mark a missing number or letter in a contraction (can’t, don’t, won’t). Apostrophes SHOULD NOT be used for plural nouns. Using apostrophes for plural nouns is something that will make any English teacher’s eyes twitch (including this one’s). . . Swipe through for examples. The apostrophe problem is exactly why I prefer #1 for all family signs. . . I’ll do at least one more lesson. And then I’ll do it again every holiday season. I try not to be the English teacher that embarrasses people over minor grammatical errors… I don’t care if you have a typo in a text message or forgot to edit an email. I do that, too. Apostrophe misuse is one of my pet peeves, though. My face does all sorts of contortions when I see people creating family name signs with apostrophes that shouldn’t be there. Tag your friends, share this, whatever — just don’t make this gross grammatical error!

Paint pen test results: @marvyuchida Decocolor Extra Fine points worked best for me, and matte ornaments win over glossies! #calligrafriends, what do you like to use to write on ornaments? See more on my blog -- link in bio!

Who says you need a milestone to celebrate the year? . . . School and lettering have been keeping me so busy this semester. I'm loving it! But I've neglected my blog... today, I have a new one coming with the results of my paint pen test on ornaments. I wanted to share for the DIY-ers out there, and to invite other calligraphers to share their favorite ornament lettering tools! Thanks to those of you who have shared with me! Keep it comin!! Blog post dropping at 9am today -- link in bio!

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