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Grammar Police Monday - Just Shoot Me

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Announcements first!
The Stealing Breath book tour is this month. Come back Wednesday for an excerpt reveal. 




The Crimson Hunt, book 1 in the Eldaen Light Chronicles by Victoria H. Smith, is out!  If you're in the mood for a New Adult, Sci-fi college romance and you don't mind some heat, this one's for you. :)








Lisa Regan, author of suspense/crime novel Finding Claire Fletcher (due to be released on Dec. 6th), revealed the cover for her new book, Aberration, this week. Check it out!





Now for GPM... 




Goal vs Objective
These words are synonyms that mean something one's efforts are intended to accomplish—and they are—but some argue that goal is general and objective is more specific.

If your goal is to be debt free in two years, your objectives might include making double payments on your car.

Hilarious vs Hysterical
Hilarious means extremely funny. Although people use hysterical to mean hysterically funny, hysteria is actually an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear—a negative emotional state.

Magic bullet vs Silver bullet
These two are interchangeable for the most part. A magic bullet is something that cures without harmful side effects. A silver bullet is a quick solution to a difficult problem.


Thanks for stopping by.  :)

 


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  1. Victoria SmithNovember 12, 2012 at 3:45 AM

    Thanks for the mention Melissa!!!

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  2. UnknownNovember 12, 2012 at 5:21 AM

    Some interesting thoughts contained in this post! Thanks for stopping by and saying hi Melissa!

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  3. Pegg ThomasNovember 12, 2012 at 7:09 AM

    So me getting published is the hilarious goal of a silver bullet?

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  4. AnonymousNovember 12, 2012 at 7:31 AM

    Great reads! As always, good clarification on terms.

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  5. Alex J. CavanaughNovember 12, 2012 at 8:26 AM

    And a silver bullet is good for werewolves!

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  6. S.P. BowersNovember 12, 2012 at 11:56 AM

    I love the idea of Grammar Police, I'd end up owing too much in fines though. I didn't know the difference between magic and silver bullets so thanks!

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  7. Carrie ButlerNovember 12, 2012 at 12:23 PM

    I'm so excited for Lisa's tour! :) Also, congratulations to Victoria!

    P.S. Great GPM!
    P.P.S. Don't fine me for excessive use of exclamation points!

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  8. Lisa ReganNovember 12, 2012 at 5:38 PM

    Hah! Thanks for clearing those up (the hilarious/hysterical one has always confused) and THANK YOU SO MUCH for the shout-out. Much appreciated!!! Congrats and best of luck to Victoria!

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  9. Lynda R Young as Elle CardyNovember 12, 2012 at 6:31 PM

    and don't forget that silver bullets work on werewolves ;)

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  10. AnneNovember 13, 2012 at 4:26 AM

    This was quite informative, thanks! :)

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  11. Natasha HanovaNovember 13, 2012 at 5:20 AM

    Cognrats to Joanne Brothwell, Victoria H. Smith, and Lisa Regan on their books!

    And thanks for another informative post. Especially like the delineation between goal and objectives. Setting goals is easy. Figuring out the objectives to reach said goal is difficult.

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  12. UnknownNovember 18, 2012 at 7:15 AM

    I could've used the goal / objective one with my blog post last week. I stated my objectives and called it my goal. :)

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    1. MelissaNovember 18, 2012 at 7:53 AM

      No worries. They are synonyms. And it's possible to have more than one goal. ;)

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  13. helloMay 3, 2021 at 1:58 AM

    Thank you

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