tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5204863782883637837.post8504343184106915760..comments2024-03-27T20:51:11.303-04:00Comments on Accepting Ignorance: Grammarly Solecism ExampleAlrenoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11119846531341190283noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5204863782883637837.post-2282139994173747532022-05-25T00:51:50.669-04:002022-05-25T00:51:50.669-04:00It seems you hate commas (the internet cannot easi...It seems you hate commas (the internet cannot easily convey the humour I mean with this statement).<br /><br />But a comma does allow an idea to flow as part of a sentence.<br /><br />Your different punctuation reads like a bunch of short, formal statements.<br /><br />Not that the idea is conveyed incorrectly, but it seems less like natural speech and more like an argument.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5204863782883637837.post-54906806351351483522022-05-24T08:43:35.418-04:002022-05-24T08:43:35.418-04:00Someone with good grammar can use nonstandard gram...Someone with good grammar can use nonstandard grammar to convey a nonstandard idea. <br /><br />In general, a sentence with a comma in in should work okay if all the commas are periods. <br /><br />In general. A sentence with a comma in it should work okay if all the commas are periods. <br /><br />I'd put in different punctuation.<br /><br />He woke up at his usual time at 7. A piano fell into his bedroom later.<br /><br />He often played dice games. He rolled double sixes half the time. <br /><br />The luck of the main character was often. <br /><br />Someone with bad grammar cannot convey a nonstandard idea with nonstandard grammar. [,] It looks like they're being a retard again. Alrenoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11119846531341190283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5204863782883637837.post-9010900096683415112022-05-23T22:21:17.263-04:002022-05-23T22:21:17.263-04:00I'd put in different punctuation, personally.
...I'd put in different punctuation, personally.<br /><br />"The luck of a main character was, often, unbelievably good"<br /><br />I don't think this implies luck could be often.<br /><br />To just say "He was unbelievably lucky" would imply something along the lines of being in the right place at the right time. <br /><br /><br />To me the phrasing implies they actively take a lot of chances and tend to win.<br /><br />It wouldn't cover<br />"He rolled the dice and got double sixes"<br />or<br />"He woke up at his usual time at 7, and a piano fell into his bedroom at 7:20"<br /><br />But it would cover<br />"He often played dice games, and rolled double sixes half the time"<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com