- Post of the Week #23
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Paul. Because ‘Paul’ is a nice name’s : The Girl in the Chicken Wire Cage
Her face was held in this position by a perfect ‘C’-shaped wreath of fat. A crease began at one temple, circled just under her chin like a soldiers helmet band and ended at the other temple. From that her chins went down the front of her in perfectly graduated masses, widening each time until they completely encircled her at the equator.
Our judges said:
“Enthralling, thanks to the author’s superb descriptive powers. But someone PLEASE explain to her the difference between it’s and its. These things jar in writing of this high calibre.”
“A marvellous exercise in word painting. Good story-telling too.”
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I hoped the “it’s and its” thing wouldn’t make it to the public view like this. Oh dear. Who judges the judges? This piece is finer than I could ever manage, even with my grasp of the apostrophe.
“Paul…” also bears the distinction of being the first blog to win Post of the Week twice. Congratulations to “Paul”!
well, thank you! again!
apostrophes suck.