TRICK-OR-TREAT
- 1301 has a wicked looking pumpkin with devil horns.
- 1302’s jack-o-lantern is painted to look like a wolf.
- 1303’s is green with a tail. Is that a mini lance sticking through it?
- 1304’s door is elegantly decorated and the pumpkin is uncarved.
- 1305’s jack-o-lantern is blinking. Wait… not the pumpkin. Is there an animal hiding in it?
- 1306 has a pumpkin with long fangs.
I’m already scared, but scare me some more and you’ll win that free copy of Christine’s book! And here’s a brief glimpse of what you’re in for come October 13 when it’s released.
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Separate Words and Combined Forms
As far as I know standard English still holds to these forms as being correct in standard writing. Anyone disagree? I always double check for errors with these guys. They’re sneaky or my brain’s leaky.
all ready (adjective phrase)
The reviewer was all ready to read Snarkle’s book when she peeked through the crack in her door and fainted.
already (adverb of time)
Snarkle’s book was already a New York Times bestseller by the time she heard from the agent.
all right (adjective phrase)
Snarkle’s book seemed all right to me, but the school banned it.
all together (adjective phrase)
There were seven critics all together. Why were they frowning at Snarkle?
altogether (adverb, meaning wholly)
Snarkle missed the deadline, so that was altogether a different matter.
a while (noun)
Snarkle wrote for a while before tossing her computer out the window.
awhile (adverb)
Snarkle wanted the agent to represent awhile longer. “Nope,” the agent said.
may be (verb phrase)
It may be that Snarkle’s work isn’t that good after all.
maybe (adverb, short for “it may be)
Maybe she needs a refresher course in how to write.
Theresa Milstein says
YaY! Lucky me!!!! Thank you so much C Lee and Christine. I wish you both a wonderful weekend.
Christine Rains says
Nick, it might keep you safe if something scarier is chasing you!
Theresa, hehehe! Awesome answer. Congratulations! You've won a digital copy of my Collection. I'll be emailing you. 🙂
C. Lee McKenzie says
You guys haven't made choose a "best" comment easy, you know. However, I really liked Theresa's pumpkin guts idea. So I guess I'll choose her.
The rest of you get hugs.
Theresa Milstein says
HaHa! I'm going through 1301's door. I'm hoping that the person there has a wicked sense of humor, and is baking a pumpkin pie and toasting pumpkin seeds with the jack-o-lantern guts.
Nick Wilford says
The 13th floor isn't somewhere you would want to hang about, especially at Halloween!
Good word tips. Alright or all right though? Any difference?
Christine Rains says
Carol, nice choice.
Medeia, you never know!
Bish, oh, how enterprising you are! 🙂
Bish Denham says
Those are a tricky bunch of words…
I'm going 1304. An uncarved pumpkin means I can steal it and make pumpkin pie out of it!
Medeia Sharif says
I'm going with 1304, but the innocuous exterior might be holding the worst things.
Carol Kilgore says
I would knock on the decorated door with the uncarved pumpkin. I like things that are different.
As to the words, I get a while and awhile mixed up, so I try not to use either.
Christine Rains says
Thanks, Beth!
Beth says
Christine is impressive!
Christine Rains says
J.L., looks can be deceiving! 😉
Lexa, thanks! I love surprises too.
Lexa Cain says
Christine's introduction was so creepy! When I was reading it, I swear I heard "Thriller" playing in the background. I'd knock at 1304 because I have no clue what's in there and I love surprises. lol
Yay Grammar Queen! I must admit I have trouble with all together/altogether and a while/awhile. *blush*
J.L. Campbell says
I'd knock at 1304, taking a chance that since the '…door is elegantly decorated and the pumpkin is uncarved.', there won't be any mischievous soul inside ready to scare me half to death.
Great tips and stuff it's easy to get mixed up.
Christine Rains says
Angela, hope you enjoy it!
Heather, and if Xan opens the door shirtless?!
Natalie, you might get a treat! 😉
Morgan, thank you!
Morgan says
What a clever post! Loved all of this…
I would probably choose 1304… because I'm old-school classy Hollywood like that… LOL…
Natalie Aguirre says
Not sure where I'd know. Sounds like a creepy floor. And thanks for clarifying about those phrases. Sometimes I get them confused.
Heather M. Gardner says
1303! 1303! I'm knocking!!!!
Heather
Angela Orlowski-Peart says
I have The 13th Floor on my Kindle. Need to read it ASAP. Thank you for reminding me 🙂
I'm chuckling, reading about Snarkle's adventures (and misadventures) in the grammar world.
Christine Rains says
Dana, maybe if you're lucky, they'll be giving out designer shoes from 1304!
SA, you're right about the werewolf, just not the type! 😉
Angela, you're brave!
Tonja, that it is!
Klahanie, hehehe! Oh the Halloween puns! Thanks for stopping by.
Misha, I'm not too surprised if more women go there!
Barbara, thanks!
Southpaw, that's true! 🙂
Ruth, have a great Halloween!
Elizabeth, it is a small animal. It might work in your favor to give her a treat!
Hilary, spooky!
Cherie, you'd get some good treats! 🙂
Cherie Reich says
I want to visit the 13th Floor for Halloween! That sounds like so much fun!
Hilary Melton-Butcher says
Hi Lee .. her grammariness – this one will need to return, as she travels tomorrow – I use alright rather more often than I should … but I shall check it out …
Cheers Hilary
Hilary Melton-Butcher says
Hi Lee .. one I'd go for 1304 .. the 13th is my lucky number .. yet I'm not keen on being scared .. but an elegant doorway and with a pumpkin uncarved …
I'd have to get my alligator incisors I keep well hidden, except for terrorising times .. young kids who want to eat and suck sweets … I'd stick my tongue through the pumpkin and suck their living blood out of them .. leaving a shadow outside no 1304 – so safe before .. but now the decoration blisters up … the doorway takes on an unhealthy glow …
Cheers and enjoy Halloween .. Hilary
Elizabeth Seckman says
My first reaction is to knock on the door with the elegant pumpkin, but since I know from plenty of horror movies that things are not always what they seem, I am going for the blinking pumpkin. I figure if it's an animal, hopefully it's a really small animal if it's vicious.
Ruth Schiffmann says
I'm a pretty big scaredy cat, so I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be knocking on any of those doors.
Southpaw says
1305 – it's seems so festive and, uh, lively.
Barbara Watson says
I a serious chicken, so I'd quietly close the door to the 13th floor and run.
Misha Gericke says
Mmmm… I don't know which door I'd pick. I think I'd go for 1303, though. 🙂
klahanie says
Hey Lee and Christine,
I'm going to visit 1306. I always had this urge to be fanged by a pumpkin. Yes, pumpkin, fang you very much for all the fangs I get.
Alright now. I'm already at the all ready. And now I'm all most, almost about to leave your must-read site n'stuff, or and stuff.
Yes, time for your starstruckest fan to bid thee a fond fare well, farewell from lil' ol' England.
Gary
T. Drecker says
The 13th Floor is the perfect place for Halloween 🙂
Angela Brown says
You know, I think I would knock on door 1 just to take a chance lol!
Angela Brown says
You know, I think I would knock on door 1 just to take a chance lol!
SA Larsenッ says
Ooh, this is fun! (Alex, you chicken. lol) Hmm… I'm going with 1302, in hopes the wolf symbolizes a werewolf. I tend to see them as beefy boys. 😉
Dana says
I'm with Alex! However, if I were to pick one, I think I'd choose 1304. 🙂
Christine Rains says
Thank you for hosting me today, Lee! I always have to check those words when I'm editing too.
Alex, but I bet they have awesome treats!
Diane, how appropriate! 🙂
Julie, thanks! You know Mae might have made something special for a treat. 🙂
Julie Flanders says
What a fun idea! Love the pumpkin pic. The resident in 1301 was my favorite of the series so I'd knock on that one in spite of the devil horns.
L. Diane Wolfe says
Snarkle isn't having a good day.
Since I am a Wolfe, I'd pick the door with the wolf painted on the pumpkin.
Alex J. Cavanaugh says
Knowing who lurks on the thirteen floor, I wouldn't knock at any of those doors.