tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post8732034314100964526..comments2024-03-27T10:02:56.747-04:00Comments on Fiction University: How Your Ear Can Make You a Better Writer Janice Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356672149097741248noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-4008628004341355402017-06-22T06:22:41.351-04:002017-06-22T06:22:41.351-04:00Sure, you can link to the posts and post a paragra...Sure, you can link to the posts and post a paragraph or two as a teaser (just not the entire article). Janice Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02356672149097741248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-41280571420276290142017-06-21T20:26:55.043-04:002017-06-21T20:26:55.043-04:00I actually found your post interesting and enlight...I actually found your post interesting and enlightening, and realise your examples are just that--examples of possible choices we authors can make to improve the flow of our writing to enhance our reader's enjoyment.<br />I keep meaning to ask if it's okay to aggregate blog posts about writing on my website bluefeatherquill.com<br />I always quote the source and suggest people click to read the original post. I also make it a habit not to insert any back-links to my website. My purpose is to aggregate any blog posts about writing that I find relevant to my own quest to become a better writer.<br />Please advise if I am committing any transgression of protocol by this practice.Grumpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17267596181876366736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-49112729909452068032017-06-21T18:30:01.435-04:002017-06-21T18:30:01.435-04:00All the feedback I'm seeing here is negative. ...All the feedback I'm seeing here is negative. Well, I really liked this article!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-71870617126967551832017-06-21T17:51:24.973-04:002017-06-21T17:51:24.973-04:00Sorry, Fred. I quit reading as soon as you wrote: ...Sorry, Fred. I quit reading as soon as you wrote: "After all, it’s technically incorrect to end a sentence with a preposition."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07358926273887318559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-68622943642651531742017-06-20T10:46:42.358-04:002017-06-20T10:46:42.358-04:00After all, it’s technically incorrect to end a sen...<i>After all, it’s technically incorrect to end a sentence with a preposition, but “Quick! Get inside!” is likely to be better than “Quick! Get inside the building!” in certain situations.</i><br /><br />Inside in the first is adverb, not preposition.<br /><br /><i>Similarly, “This is the knife he stabbed her with,” sounds better than “This is the knife with which he stabbed her,” even if it is less “correct.” Why? Because the second passage sounds too formal, too precious—such a tone is jarring in the context of murder.</i><br /><br />Also, "a preposition is a bad word to end a sentence with" is actually taken over from Latin/French without reference to fact this is not so on English (and in Latin not for all prepositions even, confer usque).Hans Georg Lundahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01055583255516264955noreply@blogger.com