My pet peeve is when people write long sentences but never break them up with appropriate punctuation...
They write lots and lots and lots of silly thoughts that fail to connect in any sensible way and never ever think to use the delightful comma key to help poor sleepy students make sense of their babbling incoherent nonsense and I think they should all be smacked with a ruler or something equally wooden that would make a nice satisfying smack sound effect as it whups their cheeks... *cough* you get my point XD but I think your writing style is fine.
Sorry, I don't have much input for your paper... But why the blaspheming? That may upset people you know... Eh...
I could not possibly, possibly agree more. The point of writing--in whatever form it takes--is supposed to be communication, not limiting your audience solely for the purpose of boosting your ego.
Hmm . . . if something hits me later I'll be sure to suggest it. Meantime, though . . . . . I dunno, something about punching babies? It'll stick in people's minds.
Other than that, I totally agree with you on the complex sentence thing. I use fairly long sentences myself, but I like to think that I break them up with semicolons and stuff (I love my semicolons) so they don't feel long. What I really find is the worst, though, is when people have to write formal but usually don't. They're the ones who come up with the craziest, most overly complicated sentences ever. I've always referred to that as "turning into a monkey" for some reason . . . ehh, whatever.
You wanna do that rant for the Writers Bloc some time? We can pencil you in for the guest day some time any time you wanna.
Kaerlyn
Tea pixie (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 05/28/08 | Reply
My pet peeve is when people write long sentences but never break them up with appropriate punctuation...
They write lots and lots and lots of silly thoughts that fail to connect in any sensible way and never ever think to use the delightful comma key to help poor sleepy students make sense of their babbling incoherent nonsense and I think they should all be smacked with a ruler or something equally wooden that would make a nice satisfying smack sound effect as it whups their cheeks... *cough* you get my point XD but I think your writing style is fine.
Sorry, I don't have much input for your paper... But why the blaspheming? That may upset people you know... Eh...
Good luck with whatever you decide to do ^_^
SomeGuy
Canadian Liaison (Team) | Posted 05/28/08 | Reply
@Shinmaru:
Oh, was it filthy? I didn't notice . . . meh, whatever.
Dagger IX1
Team | Posted 05/28/08 | Reply
I could not possibly, possibly agree more. The point of writing--in whatever form it takes--is supposed to be communication, not limiting your audience solely for the purpose of boosting your ego.
Shinmaru
Baron of Terribad (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 05/28/08 | Reply
@SomeGuy:
Sure, if you'd like. Would I have to heavily de-filthify it for you? XD
Love thy Evangelion.
SomeGuy
Canadian Liaison (Team) | Posted 05/28/08 | Reply
Hmm . . . if something hits me later I'll be sure to suggest it. Meantime, though . . . . . I dunno, something about punching babies? It'll stick in people's minds.
Other than that, I totally agree with you on the complex sentence thing. I use fairly long sentences myself, but I like to think that I break them up with semicolons and stuff (I love my semicolons) so they don't feel long. What I really find is the worst, though, is when people have to write formal but usually don't. They're the ones who come up with the craziest, most overly complicated sentences ever. I've always referred to that as "turning into a monkey" for some reason . . . ehh, whatever.
You wanna do that rant for the Writers Bloc some time? We can pencil you in for the guest day some time any time you wanna.