From the category archives:
A WISE CLIENT QUESTION:
“There was always one grammatical mix up for me, and I would like your advice on it. Do we say: I will finish in a week’s time or in a weeks time? In two days’ time or in two days time?”
This question addresses Inanimate Possessives. Before we look at Inanimate Possessives specifically, [...]
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The it’s vs its confusion is actually a very easy correction because an apostrophe is only used in the contracted form of it’s:
* It’s is a contraction of it is or it has:
- Darlene has been pushing the Kanter proposal for all it’s worth. (…for all it is worth.)
- It’s too late. (It is too [...]
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Lay and lie are two words often interchanged mistakenly in business documents.
Lay means “to place.” Lie, as a verb, means “to recline or tell an untruth.” (Lie, as a noun, means a falsehood.) Lie, as a noun is generally clear, but the verb lie and the verb lay can be confusing.
Lay (principal parts: lay, laid, [...]
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I’m sorry I’ve not blogged for a few days. Instructional Solutions celebrates its ten year anniversary this month! There is a lot of reflection and writing and celebrating occurring.
Coincidentally, I stumbled across a press release for a potential client, also celebrating a ten year anniversary this year. They’re a great company, but I cringed. The [...]
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