Welcome to Eratosphere, Carolyn, not only for your poetry and critical acumen, but also, I hope, as an active member of the Word Nerd Society which hounds those enthusiastic but careless souls who cannot, or will not, distinguish between loath and loathe, who keep a "tight reign" and who disregard the natural alliance between good writing and correct spelling. There is a US contingent and a UK congingent; some intrepid souls belong to both. As in church, the attendees are mostly women.
The Society has a standing committe on abuse of its and it's. We convene irregularly, but there is usually a good turnout, virtual refreshments, and sometimes a behind-the-scenes brawl. Welcome.
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