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I've been seeing this problem a lot of late, here on SOL and in other situations. Since the two words are spoken the same, they are confusing. However, simply thinking about what one is intending should clear that confusion.

Whose -- possessive pronoun (Whose book is that?)
Who's -- a contraction of "who is" (Who's going to the store?)

During my usual shortly-after-posting review/editing of the latest chapter, I discovered that I had accidentally excised an important part (in the lunch scene at the outside tables) of it without realizing it. I'm not sure how, but an entire chunk of the chapter was missing. Fortunately, I found an earlier version of it in one of my backups, so have just recreated the bit and have queued the chapter for updating.

I've finally completed and posted Chapter 196, a chapter greatly delayed by a combo of heavy work days and a lingering illness that left me with a muzzy mind. I'm feeling considerably better today so I hope that I'll get back on my projected every-four-days posting schedule.

Grammarly insists that when I use some form of the verb "wake" I follow it with "up." I yell at Grammarly and ask it, "Do you think there's a negation, that falling asleep would be waking down?"

Why is it that English speakers feel such a strong need to modify... everything? We can't just wake, we must wake up. We can't just lie, we must lie down. We can't just see a flock, we must see a whole flock. What, pray tell, is the number that is a whole flock? Is it 50? Is it 79? Is it 17^3? Does the size of the sheep or the birds or the whatever affect what is considered whole when referring to a flock of whatever subject? That is, is a whole flock of sheep 25, but a whole flock of sparrows 286?

And, then, there's "unique." I've seen constructions such as "very unique," "wholly unique," and "incredibly unique." What is it about "one of a kind" that requires us to modify the adjective "unique" when it's unmodifiable? At least, it is that so as long as there's not something like "one-half of a kind."

When checking where I was in Civia's story in preparation for writing Chapter 13, I fixed some minor inconsistencies with Beth canon and found some serious logical missteps. So, I have slightly altered the last part of Chapter 12. I doubt that a re-read is necessary but have at it as you will.

Beth (the story) continues to get more and more complex, and it's requiring a lot of mental energy to keep my timelines straight and remember what happened last week in story time. I'm hoping to stick to four-day posting intervals, but occasional chapters may slip for the next month or so.