Puzzle #439 - completed! On to the next!

[Karen]

S, please

[Moesha]

Now that is out of the way, I'll select a letter before bed...UMMM I'll take the S please!

S, please

LOL I guessed the S at the end of my points post. Sorry. This is a crazy puzzle.

[Killearn Kitties]

N please.

[Pinot's Mom]

Moesha thank you for the correction. Grace, I knew the points were wrong, and I was going to check this morning. I had some major computer problems to contend with and I was rather tired, I'm sorry. I'll correct everything now.

Here's the puzzle:

"-o- ni-e it is to t-in- t-at -e-ine -rea-s, -i-e o-r o-n, are -ainte- -it-
-reati-e -r-s- stro-es -ro- ti-e -o ti-e. -er-a-s -- -ats an- I e-en s-are
t-e sa-e -rea-: a -or-- --ere a-- -ittens are -ante- an- -o-e-, an- --ere
e-er- -at -as a sa-e, -ar- --a-e to s-ee- ... an- to -rea-."

-ar-ara - -ia-on-

letters remaining:
BCDFGHJKLMPQUVWXYZ


Grace, 34 e's, 14 i's, 19 r's, 29 a's - 173 points
Moesha, 12 o's, 13 s's - 37 points
Karen, 19 t's - 19 points
Killearn Kitties - 13 n's - 13 points

Sorry, Karen, S is taken - another letter?
Yes, this is a crazy puzzle!!

[Grace]

B, please

[Pinot's Mom]

Here's the puzzle:

"-o- ni-e it is to t-in- t-at -e-ine -rea-s, -i-e o-r o-n, are -ainte- -it-
-reati-e br-s- stro-es -ro- ti-e -o ti-e. -er-a-s -- -ats an- I e-en s-are
t-e sa-e -rea-: a -or-- --ere a-- -ittens are -ante- an- -o-e-, an- --ere
e-er- -at -as a sa-e, -ar- --a-e to s-ee- ... an- to -rea-."

Bar-ara - -ia-on-

letters remaining:
CDFGHJKLMPQUVWXYZ


Grace, 34 e's, 14 i's, 19 r's, 29 a's, 2 b's - 175 points
Moesha, 12 o's, 13 s's - 37 points
Karen, 19 t's - 19 points
Killearn Kitties - 13 n's - 13 points

[Randi]

I'll take an H, please!

Here's a tip... when you start a new puzzle, write down all letters on a piece of paper, paste the puzzle into Word twice. Mark one of them (keep the other as a "backup" in case you mess something up).

Go Edit>Replace and simply replace each letter with the hyphen. Write on your paper how many there are of each letter. Then you are well on your way to get it right. For each letter chosen, put a mark by the letter so you can easily see which have been chosen, and you ship them each time you replace more letters. Comprende?