Monday Muddle: two, too, to

Happy New Year! I wish you clear writing and all good things in 2022! Please, if over the course of the year you have occasion to write out twenty twenty-two in words, make sure that you spell “two” correctly. Nobody wants twenty twenty too!

Monday Muddle: two: (noun)(adjective) one more than one; the second in a series too: (adverb) also; very, excessively to: (preposition) indicates direction, position, or purpose

Tuesday Two

Write a story with only two sentences. Use the photo for inspiration if you wish.

Photo by Tom Podmore on Unsplash.

A narrow canal, known as a backstreet, in Venice, with tall, brightly painted buildings on either side.

Tuesday Two

Write a story with only two sentences. Use the photo for inspiration if you wish.

Photo by Hans-Jurgen Mager on Unsplash.

A white reindeer with antlers appears to be talking to a white reindeer with a grey face and no antlers. The second reindeer appears to be paint rapt attention.

Monday Muddle: merrily, merely

Monday Muddle: merrily: (adverb) happily; cheerfully; with good feelings; in a joyous manner Part of the song "Row, Row, Row Your Boat. merely: (adverb) only; just; simply; nothing more than; nothing better than NOT part of the song "Row, Row, Row Your Boat".

To row merely down the stream does not mean the same as to row merrily down the stream. You can do both, even at the same time. But if you are trying to quote the nursery rhyme, you actually want to row gently down the stream. 

Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
Life is but a dream

Tuesday Two

Write a story with only two sentences. Use the photo for inspiration if you wish.

Photo by Ashim D’Silva on Unsplash.

Dark, barren tree trunks in dry sandy-coloured soil. There is a rusty red mountain and a bright blue sky in the background.