Lisa Harrison Communications

When it’s “its”, not “it’s”

Use of the apostrophe has crept into pluralization, even in basic words (“he jump’s in”). I suspect the creeping is born of the ongoing uncertainty about when to use “it’s” versus “its”, and so I offer the following to clarify. Plural We can get this out of the way first – plural is plural. NoContinue reading “When it’s “its”, not “it’s””

Worth the pause: Brandon Leake

Take some time and give it up for Brandon Leake, the spoken word poet and masterful communicator who won America’s Got Talent, Season 15. Links to performances, award and Brandon’s website: Audition Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Award Website Image credit: word cloud by Mary Pahlke from Pixabay (adapted)

A tale of two commas

This cautionary tale begins with a joke showcased by Lynne Truss in her book Eats, Shoots & Leaves — The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation. A panda walks into a café, orders and eats a sandwich, and then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air. As the panda is leaving, the confusedContinue reading “A tale of two commas”