tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post5297040568317374372..comments2023-09-05T12:51:25.656-05:00Comments on edittorrent: "Rules" and making them upEdittorrenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14295505709568570553noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-815703150292259022012-06-11T13:43:48.303-05:002012-06-11T13:43:48.303-05:00Hi Theresa & Alicia,
I've got a question f...Hi Theresa & Alicia,<br />I've got a question for you (your site says to post in the comments). Don't know if you ever want to hear again about present participial phrases, but I read your series with interest and even bookmarked it. <br /><br />I took the advice to heart, but I've notice a side effect -- I find myself a bit paranoid about <b>ever</b> using a PPP. On top of that, in a novel I'm reading by a respected author, I'm finding a greater use of the PPP than I would have expected. <br /><br />So I thought I'd ask you this: when is it acceptable to use a PPP?<br /><br />Thanks so much for all your painstaking work!<br />MonicaMonica T. Rodriguezhttp://monicatrodriguez.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-74873395699189804372012-06-09T23:02:21.511-05:002012-06-09T23:02:21.511-05:00Most of the so-called 'rules' are written ...Most of the so-called 'rules' are written by people who have no idea how to write. I heard this from a friend who hadn't eaten any breakfast, who didn't want to be quoted but who should've known better.<br />Bollocks to rules.Jefferson Merrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06167552507684491898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-20108784952828691642012-06-09T10:54:31.192-05:002012-06-09T10:54:31.192-05:00Sage Critiquer is working from a fifth grade class...Sage Critiquer is working from a fifth grade classroom. <br /><br />Another fifth-grade lie: Never begin a sentence with and, but or because. All perfectly acceptable. <br /><br />Another, less about grammar than technique: outline first. Good for you if you do. I never do, and many of my students (I used to teach writing in a college classroom) admitted to me that they used to write the paper, then do the outline just to please the teacher. That was back in the days when high school students actually had to write papers.Carol Fromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04746356396523603624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-51118734824905457962012-06-09T09:04:26.550-05:002012-06-09T09:04:26.550-05:00If you were writing a dissertation, I would agree ...If you were writing a dissertation, I would agree that you should avoid contractions. But that's the right tone for that kind of writing. The sage critiquer might not understand that different forms of writing take different tones and styles. <br /><br />Sue, I wish I had a dollar for every time someone confused progressive tenses with passive voice just because of that wee auxiliary verb.<br /><br />TheresaEdittorrenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14295505709568570553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-1629319123149437472012-06-09T08:49:16.515-05:002012-06-09T08:49:16.515-05:00Don't start me about the ban on passive voice ...Don't start me about the ban on passive voice -- and the editor who told me "he was eating" was passive voice.Sue Burkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15725709764785276859noreply@blogger.com