Book Trailer . . . and Places

Author Tamara Heiner is having
a trailer blitz for her book Altercation.

When Jaci and her friends are placed in FBI custody, they think they are safe... until a betrayal puts them back in harm's way.

You can check out the trailer here.

Places

I saw this totally awesome sign on Facebook the other day, and I just have to ask my wonderfully building-kind-of-guy hubby to make me one of my own. While I would include some these locations, there are many that I would do differently.

I would be sure to add the following:

• The Harper Hall (Dragonriders of Pern series)
• Benden Weyr (Dragonriders of Pern series)
• The Spooky Old Tree (Berenstain Bears)
• Prince Edward Island (Anne of Green Gables)
• Guernsey Island (The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society)
• Lothar (Restoree)
• Arizona--"My House. My Rules" (Uncle Jeb in The Host)
• Orthedale
• Lewistown, Montana

What are some of the wonderful literary places

that have captured your imagination over the years?

What places would you want to visit--

especially if you could see the characters
you've come to love?

Grammar Friday - Fewer vs Less

Here's your quiz question for the day:

You should invite (less, fewer) girls to the party.

In this sentence, which is correct? Less or fewer?

Does it help to think about how they do it in the grocery store? Surely we can count on the people ordering/designing/making the signs to know what's right. Right?

Ummm ...

  Actually, no, you can't count on them to know what they're doing. I see and hear less used incorrectly all the time. And I personally think the people who made that mistake with these signs--and have perpetuated the error--are training people to think less is the correct word. You hear it enough times incorrectly, your brain will reject something different, even if the different is the right way to use the word.

And who better than Delta Airlines to provide me with a prime example in a frequent flyer email I received while writing this post?

Please note that when I was in Ireland in April, their signs said fewer. The Irish get it.

So the rule? It's pretty simple.

Less is used for quantities

The amount of money in my savings account is less than it was last month.

Fewer is used for individual units, numbers

You will need to make fewer mistakes in your report.

Hint:    Less = singular
           Fewer = plural