Summer of the Dragon: Apologies

[rosie_rues]

Sorry - chapter two won't be up until tomorrow. Because I am crap and disorganised, and what I have is handwritten and needs to be typed up.

In the meantime, have a random picture of one of the many places I have been today...




As taken at ten to six this evening.

a.k.a. it would have only been a six-hour round trip to go home, if I hadn't been dropped into an impromptu family reunion...



Um, imperioed? imperio'ed? imperied? imperio'd? imperavit?

Comments

in the interest of grammar fanaticism...

[sweet-angel-398.livejournal.com]

i disagree. apostrophes don't belong anywhere except for contractions and possessiveness, and if you go sticking them in places they don't belong it'll end up being seen as a typo by at least some who read it. I think Imperioed is perfectly valid. A few vowels never hurt anyone; just look at the rest of the English language, after all.

At any rate, I'm psyched for chapter 2!!! Yayyyyyyy.

Re: in the interest of grammar fanaticism...

[rosemaryandrue.livejournal.com]

That's certainly my gut-reaction as well - apostrophes indicate omission (even in possession where they're a remnant of the old genitive -es ending). I have seen the word with the apostrophe, though, so I was worried that might be the official version.

*chuckles* 15 more minutes at work, and I can dash home to finish it.