Comments on: Sentence Structure http://acewriters.com/?p=153 Accomplished Competent Enthusiastic Writers for Profit Sun, 22 Aug 2010 13:01:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Reflections of Fall at John Martin Dam http://acewriters.com/?p=153&cpage=1#comment-7547 Reflections of Fall at John Martin Dam Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:03:17 +0000 http://acewriters.com/?p=153#comment-7547 [...] Fall colors fill the Lake Hasty Campground in a perfect reflection. [...] [...] Fall colors fill the Lake Hasty Campground in a perfect reflection. [...]

]]> By: Ava Betz http://acewriters.com/?p=153&cpage=1#comment-5255 Ava Betz Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:10:05 +0000 http://acewriters.com/?p=153#comment-5255 "Perhaps your sentence is a random thought," IS A SENTENCE! Random thoughts can be sentences. Throwing the baby out with the bathwater does not lead to communication. Yes, you should start written sentences with capital letters and you should end them with periods. The more you know how to use punctuation, the more creative and interesting you can be with it. Variety is the spice of life, ignorance is gruel. I'm climbing back into my non-electronic resource books now - dictionary, thesarus, grammar... . Ava “Perhaps your sentence is a random thought,” IS A SENTENCE! Random thoughts can be sentences. Throwing the baby out with the bathwater does not lead to communication. Yes, you should start written sentences with capital letters and you should end them with periods. The more you know how to use punctuation, the more creative and interesting you can be with it. Variety is the spice of life, ignorance is gruel. I’m climbing back into my non-electronic resource books now – dictionary, thesarus, grammar… .
Ava

]]> By: Chris Speakman http://acewriters.com/?p=153&cpage=1#comment-5254 Chris Speakman Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:56:57 +0000 http://acewriters.com/?p=153#comment-5254 Dad and I use to have conversations about how language changes. He, at times, was a stick in the mud about word usage. So, if language grows and changes shouldn't grammar? Do we really miss the second period between the end of one sentence and the start of the next? Do we really miss the comma at the end of a list - apples, oranges and grapes? Yeah, I do...only because these were drilled into my brain and now I have to excise them. Guess it really is a matter of understanding correct grammar and structure and then using those tools for the best writing...whether you break the rules or not :-) Dad and I use to have conversations about how language changes. He, at times, was a stick in the mud about word usage.

So, if language grows and changes shouldn’t grammar? Do we really miss the second period between the end of one sentence and the start of the next? Do we really miss the comma at the end of a list – apples, oranges and grapes?

Yeah, I do…only because these were drilled into my brain and now I have to excise them.

Guess it really is a matter of understanding correct grammar and structure and then using those tools for the best writing…whether you break the rules or not :-)

]]> By: Oris http://acewriters.com/?p=153&cpage=1#comment-5253 Oris Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:54:39 +0000 http://acewriters.com/?p=153#comment-5253 Thanks for the info. As you know, my thoughts are all incomplete! Writing this morning I find I am in love again with commas. Like an illness, I assume this too shall pass. Thanks for the info. As you know, my thoughts are all incomplete!

Writing this morning I find I am in love again with commas. Like an illness, I assume this too shall pass.

]]> By: admin http://acewriters.com/?p=153&cpage=1#comment-5252 admin Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:43:43 +0000 http://acewriters.com/?p=153#comment-5252 Thanks Ron - the best part about having an incomplete thought in print is that people keep reading. It's like a teaser. Thanks Ron – the best part about having an incomplete thought in print is that people keep reading. It’s like a teaser.

]]> By: Ron Berry http://acewriters.com/?p=153&cpage=1#comment-5251 Ron Berry Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:40:53 +0000 http://acewriters.com/?p=153#comment-5251 I've done a bit of blogging so I see your point. When I have more time I want to read that piece about writing a book also. I’ve done a bit of blogging so I see your point. When I have more time I want to read that piece about writing a book also.

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