Recieving record numbers

FOUND ONLINE: We are recieving record numbers of applicants each year.

In this case, 'i' before 'e' is correct; it's receiving. And this was done on a university's web page.

It's a simple mistake and an easy one to fix.

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Countless other dogs

I was just watching a YouTube video about dogs going into homeless shelters. The narrator says, "Countless other dogs made their way into the shelter that day."

No, no, no, no, no. There weren't countless dogs. Someone could count them. There might have been 14 or 85 or 285. Or 1,485. But they weren't COUNTLESS.

There were just a lot of them. Too many, but not countless.

Links: On my web site, I have links to some of my stories online.

Check it out: You might look at Funds for Writers, which specializes in grants for writers.

EMAIL: tgilli52@gmail.com TWITTER: EDITORatWORK

More EDITOR@WORK blog entries

• You really DO need an editor

• Reminders for would-be novelists

• What I do when I'm editing

• What I charge (it's a deal) and what I edit

• Slogging through the Internet

• J-school: More eyes on your stories

• J-school: Go out and learn

• Rookie mistakes for magazine writers

Entries from The Dog Blog

• Katie cried

• Growl and pull

• 10 years with Lady

• ... said the spider to ...

• The Dog Diary (2014)

• YIP! YIP! The stereo-sound huskies

• What Lady and Michael Jackson had in common

Blog entries from The Auto Racing Journal

• Angel in Black: Remembering Dale Earnhardt Sr.

(a book of great stories about the Intimidator)

• Then Junior Said to Jeff...

(the book of great NASCAR stories)

• My best day as a sports writer

• Jeff Gordon's milk toast to Dale Earnhardt

• Wayne Auton: A life in racing

More blog entries by Tom Gillispie

• Resume for a writer and editor

• An editor's views on powerful writing

• Advice for be and would-be novelists

• Links to TG's stories online

• Favorite quotes

• What I do when I'm editing

Anecdotes by Tom Gillispie

• Days with rainbows

• A desperate writer working in the dark

• Yer outta there!