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Showing posts with label grammar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label grammar. Show all posts
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Feb 7, 2010
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I'm not a fan of the TV game show "Wheel of Fortune". I've tried to watch it, but the contestants usually out guess me and the phrases I guess right, the contestants can never seem to get.
However, I could see watching this show being a good exercise for writers. You really have to think about letters and words and common phrases.
As writers, we often spend time thinking about theright perfect words or phrases and often break the rules of grammar to do so. After all, whom really speaks perfect grammar when they talk - if you know someone that does speak that way; don't they sound odd?
Writing the way people think and talk flows better out of my head and onto paper than having to stop and think if my writing fits the rules of grammar.
However, I could see watching this show being a good exercise for writers. You really have to think about letters and words and common phrases.
As writers, we often spend time thinking about the
Writing the way people think and talk flows better out of my head and onto paper than having to stop and think if my writing fits the rules of grammar.
Feb 3, 2010
Gram Er
In linguistics, grammar is the set of logical and structural rules that govern the composition of sentences, phrases, and words in any given natural language.
~ Wikipedia
I'll admit it, right here: I don't like Grammar.
I don't like thinking about nouns, pronouns, and adjectives.
I have bad habits of ending sentences with prepositions.
And I've been known to start sentences with "and" or "but"... but so what?
Learn the rules so you can break 'em, right?
Writers:
What are your thoughts on the fundamentals of Grammar?
Is The Elements of Style
helpful?
~ Wikipedia
I'll admit it, right here: I don't like Grammar.
I don't like thinking about nouns, pronouns, and adjectives.
I have bad habits of ending sentences with prepositions.
And I've been known to start sentences with "and" or "but"... but so what?
Learn the rules so you can break 'em, right?
Writers:
What are your thoughts on the fundamentals of Grammar?
Is The Elements of Style
helpful?Jan 20, 2009
woven by words...
I admit, I disliked English and grammar in elementary school, junior high, high school, and college.
Diagramming a sentence didn't sound like fun. Learning all the rules was no fun. Adverb. Pronoun. Adjective. Noun. Verb. Preposition. Blah!
Now that you learn all the rules, you learn you can break them. The English language is complicated. I can't imagine learning it as a second language.
Depending on use, some words spelled the same have different meanings.
IE. lead, bass, tear, the list goes on.
And what is up with center & centre?
Despite the above gripes, I still love writing as an art form. There is joy in selecting specific words and weaving them together to paint a picture in your mind's eye.
Writers/Readers:
What do you love & dislike about the English language?
Diagramming a sentence didn't sound like fun. Learning all the rules was no fun. Adverb. Pronoun. Adjective. Noun. Verb. Preposition. Blah!
Now that you learn all the rules, you learn you can break them. The English language is complicated. I can't imagine learning it as a second language.
Depending on use, some words spelled the same have different meanings.
IE. lead, bass, tear, the list goes on.
And what is up with center & centre?
Despite the above gripes, I still love writing as an art form. There is joy in selecting specific words and weaving them together to paint a picture in your mind's eye.
Writers/Readers:
What do you love & dislike about the English language?
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