Man, I Really Need to Work on My Writing…

EDIT: It didn’t take long at all before I slipped and used the word “just” on this post. Congrats to Amanda for catching me. Since I only lasted a few days – I may decide to run another contest for something different with the same idea. I think I still need more help with my writing

I noticed that I use the word “just” way too much in my writing, and it’s not necessary to use that word for things could be worded differently. I thought it would be fun to offer someone a little something if you catch me using it.

The first person to comment on a future post where I use the word “just” will receive a $10.00 gift certificate to Amazon.com. The commenter must bring up the fact that I used the word “just” (e.g. Hey, Tricia – I caught you – you said the word, “just” ) and it must be when I’m writing and not when quoting someone else. I only have one certificate to give away, so once someone catches me…that’s it.

This post and prior posts do not count. It’s just posts from this point forward.

Look – see up there…I used the word “just”

If at the end of the month I haven’t slipped, I will slip on purpose just so someone wins it.

Gosh…I said “just” again.

~~See what I mean???~~

Posted by Tricia on January 11, 2007 at 12:32 PM in Free Stuff | 5 Comments »
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Chuck responded:
Posted: January 11th, 2007 at 12:42 pm
Doh… i think i misread this originally as applying to pasts posts, so please ignore me =)
Tricia responded:
Posted: January 11th, 2007 at 1:23 pm
You wouldn’t have to look far in the past posts LOL.

I added the word “future” up there to help avoid confusion.
Matt responded:
Posted: January 12th, 2007 at 9:04 am
Woo Hoo Free money!
MollsBrother responded:
Posted: January 12th, 2007 at 2:32 pm
Tricia–

I was re-reading my posts and seeing so many typos! I see them and shake my head and think, “People must thing I’m so uneducated.”

Shrug. If only people knew that I hated the editing process.

> Now, what can I buy with the $10 that I’m going to win…
Blogging Away Debt » Blog Archive » Only Two Posts Before I Slipped… responded:
Posted: January 14th, 2007 at 10:03 am
[...] It didn’t take me long to use the word “just” in my writing. I thought I would have lasted longer than I did, but at least you know I didn’t cheat . When someone caught me (congrats Amanda!), I even read that post again and still couldn’t find “just.” I had to do a “Find” to discover where I slipped. [...]