tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post4359671464034726471..comments2024-03-26T15:49:44.555+00:00Comments on How To Write Badly Well: Write grammatically correct dialogueJoel Stickleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14270604410152020281noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-8036632072382429042022-05-10T01:36:13.154+01:002022-05-10T01:36:13.154+01:00Agreed.
It took me years to stop saying "I d...Agreed. <br />It took me years to stop saying "I don't know about what you're talking".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-41139819751178097442017-11-01T05:45:55.112+00:002017-11-01T05:45:55.112+00:00Very Useful information Thank you!!
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Thank you so much and i'm taking a look ahead to contact you. Will you kindly drop me a e-mail?Cloud Hosting LLChttp://chostc.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-44125377534324791862014-04-06T20:52:02.564+01:002014-04-06T20:52:02.564+01:00I dare you to read that paragraph without pictuing...I dare you to read that paragraph without pictuing them with monocles.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03079289826102854626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-8236741615537960472013-01-13T08:55:06.623+00:002013-01-13T08:55:06.623+00:00I hate it when stuff like this happens in a book. ...I hate it when stuff like this happens in a book. Not quite to the extent that it happens here, but it's really jarring when a hardass mercenary who swears and uses all sorts of rough slang will suddenly ask "To whom should I give this?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-13695490398708158872011-09-20T10:07:16.769+01:002011-09-20T10:07:16.769+01:00Eric Van Listbader writes like this. Naff.Eric Van Listbader writes like this. Naff.Greg Withnailnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-66531204703669793832011-04-16T18:13:39.516+01:002011-04-16T18:13:39.516+01:00It sounds akin to two sufferers of Asperger's ...It sounds akin to two sufferers of Asperger's conversing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-64587440631199413532011-04-14T22:31:33.792+01:002011-04-14T22:31:33.792+01:00*Inquiring.*Inquiring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-65799464659985666502011-04-14T18:07:55.189+01:002011-04-14T18:07:55.189+01:00MTE, Andrew. It glares, it does.MTE, Andrew. It glares, it does.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-85701169660690031252011-04-13T09:45:15.796+01:002011-04-13T09:45:15.796+01:00"I knew _whom_ she meant", surely? (&quo..."I knew _whom_ she meant", surely? ("She meant _him_")Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345312504380967917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-90031059276494008132011-04-12T18:27:37.224+01:002011-04-12T18:27:37.224+01:00It does indeed, Antipodean. It's always nice t...It does indeed, Antipodean. It's always nice to know when I've corrupted someone. *grin*Bookworm Hienrichshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00713410635282936709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-78243448866227733912011-04-12T18:17:18.473+01:002011-04-12T18:17:18.473+01:00Hahaha! It would have been better if you wrote it ...Hahaha! It would have been better if you wrote it like most people write; then again it would have made me cringe!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15578176040252115032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-77891290665608937372011-04-12T13:57:31.992+01:002011-04-12T13:57:31.992+01:00Hienrichs, does it count if I recognise it because...Hienrichs, does it count if I recognise it because I read it the last time you mentioned it?The Antipodean, who likes making people happy,noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-64964012172046099142011-04-12T13:35:38.572+01:002011-04-12T13:35:38.572+01:00Moopie didn’t stop dancing, but nodded, flicking s...<i>Moopie didn’t stop dancing, but nodded, flicking sweat off her face.</i><br /><br />Moopie?* Was anyone else thrown for a loop by that? Seriously--Moopie?<br /><br /><br />*Grignr?**<br /><br /><br />**If anyone gets that, I will be very, very happy.Bookworm Hienrichshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00713410635282936709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-6062013568413019062011-04-11T19:35:55.811+01:002011-04-11T19:35:55.811+01:00Can I cast my vote for the grammatically correct i...Can I cast my vote for the grammatically correct internal monologue? Please, please, please!<br /><br />Some of us aren't clever (meaning me). We can live vicariously through your blog!Tamrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04506220582741009934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-89902959456431704802011-04-11T16:10:11.397+01:002011-04-11T16:10:11.397+01:00This blog always makes my day.This blog always makes my day.Clare - Never Nichehttp://www.neverniche.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-77776487003432959552011-04-11T13:17:50.593+01:002011-04-11T13:17:50.593+01:00Oh, *please* can we have grammatically correct int...Oh, *please* can we have grammatically correct internal monologue? If for no other reason than to bring out the grammar sticklers: I've missed them.<br /><br />I'd been thinking of suggesting some kind of stream of consciousness post, mainly because that's what most of my emails seem to be.The Antipodeannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-44082211850845041762011-04-11T09:19:41.488+01:002011-04-11T09:19:41.488+01:00I don't know what would be worse, this or gram...I don't know what would be worse, this or grammatically correct internal monologue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-82378666282861661182011-04-11T05:30:04.081+01:002011-04-11T05:30:04.081+01:00plying the 'said' gambit i see... ;)plying the 'said' gambit i see... ;)John Bartmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03712621771755107163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-63296054895735351362011-04-10T15:21:08.595+01:002011-04-10T15:21:08.595+01:00This is funny, but not because of grammatical corr...This is funny, but not because of grammatical correctness. The dialogue's no more "grammatically correct" than you'd expect to find in an ordinary novel. It's just in a more formal register, which isn't the same thing at all, although a lot of people seem to think it is.<br /><br />As I say though, this is funny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-27409457961782217512011-04-10T12:57:22.742+01:002011-04-10T12:57:22.742+01:00Well, this has led me towards (sic) reading the en...Well, this has led me towards (sic) reading the entry for toward/towards in the New Oxford American Dictionary, which has the following “word note” box:<br /><br />"It might seem pedantic to point out that toward is the correct U.S. spelling and towards is British. On the other hand, so many writers at all levels seem ignorant of the difference that always using toward is a costless, unpretentious way to signal your fluency in American English. It's the same with gray (U.S.) and grey (Brit.), though many Americans have been using these two interchangeably for so long that some U.S. dictionaries now list grey as a passable variant. This is not likely to happen with toward/towards, though—at least not in our lifetimes.<br />— DFW”<br /><br />Assuming that DFW is David Foster Wallace (rather than some airport in Dallas), that’s good enough for me. As this seems to be a “gray” area, I’ll stick with “towards” on my stubbornly UK-English-centric blog.Joel Stickleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14270604410152020281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-86451762769224076092011-04-10T08:52:07.717+01:002011-04-10T08:52:07.717+01:00British English, innit.British English, innit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-34583552278475570762011-04-10T08:19:31.732+01:002011-04-10T08:19:31.732+01:00As far as I know, "towards" is not a wor...As far as I know, "towards" is not a word. Well done otherwise :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-80065827031069483552011-04-10T04:38:21.610+01:002011-04-10T04:38:21.610+01:00I don't get it what's so wrong about setti...I don't get it what's so wrong about setting the story(*) in contemporary England?<br /><br />*) or as you call them, lorriesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-81771066365443795562011-04-10T04:10:39.827+01:002011-04-10T04:10:39.827+01:00Dunno what's funnier: This post, or the fact t...Dunno what's funnier: This post, or the fact that every lit and writing teacher I've ever had *demanded* that we write this way despite every novel ever written to the contrary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com