Shannon, I'm not Morgan, but if "in situ" is the word you're wondering about, it is a proper phrase, actually Latin and often in italics but is used in English as are words like et al. It means "in place," or "in its original place." Cndy --- shannon work <shannon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Natasha, > > I took Murder by the Yard, > it is nearly ready to go to the admins for final > approval. > I had a question for you. > There is a word in it that keeps popping up. I am > not sure if it is a good word that spell check just > doesn't know or if it is jargon that I should > ignore. > What do you think? Or if it is an incorrect word > what should it be? > I'll paste a bit of the story with the word in it > below. > > > > > Megan swallowed. She supposed that Ryan would > > hear that she left him unconscious, lying > spread-eagled > > beside the planter while she gave the body a cursory > > examination in what light the tiny flashlight on her > key > > ring afforded. But examining a corpse in situ and > immediately > > > > > > 90 > > > > upon discovery was so important. Ryan would > > understand. > > > > Thanks for your help > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Natasha & Fossey > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 6:33 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] New Submission and > reminder about another > > > Hey Gang, > Tonight i uploaded the second in the Murder by the > Yard series by D. R. Meredith. The first is also > still up for validation from my submission a week or > so ago. Both have been read through by me, and > enjoyed. Both are .rtf documents. Headers have been > stripped, chapter headings protected, pagination > checked and the only errors are proper nouns which > aren't really errors. > > The two books are: > Murder in Volume > By Hook or By Book > > Happy validating. > > Natasha & Fossey > > Guidingpaws@xxxxxxxxxxx > > CR: By Hook Or By Book, by D.R. Meredith > > For my book reviews: http://www.livejournal.com/users/guidingpaws/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com