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Grammar 101...
RokofAges75:
Btw, this is the page Amy mentioned. I wrote this tutorial I don't know how many years ago out of frustration about the grammar in stories people were submitting to be hosted on my site. It just covers some basics.
http://www.dreamers-sanctuary.com/mechanics.html
Carter-Orange:
I've always used " " for quotation marks, it's the way we learned in school. But as you say, as long as there is either " " or ' ' it doesn't matter.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: Carter-Orange on August 15, 2010, 01:24:28 PM ---I've always used " " for quotation marks, it's the way we learned in school. But as you say, as long as there is either " " or ' ' it doesn't matter.
--- End quote ---
That's interesting... I wonder why some books published in the UK only use one. Are all of them that way, or is it just certain ones? Because you're right; I haven't noticed it in fanfics; you do use the double quotations. It really doesn't matter; I'm just curious.
mare:
I have to admit when I start reading a story and come across, "I seen this!" I usually stop reading instantly! Even if someone posts something and uses "I seen," I just think it sounds ignorant. I had no idea there were parts of the country where all they do is say that! I would be stabbing my ears! lmao
It's bad enough I live in a place where they say Mayan instead of mine!
RokofAges75:
It does sound ignorant. The town I teach in is very "white trash" (no offense to anyone), and some of my students say "I seen" because their parents say it. It hurts my ears. To me, it's bad enough to talk that way, but when you really don't know any better and WRITE it that way... that's definitely ignorant. We all make grammar mistakes when we speak; I will say things like "Me and so-and-so are going to do this," but I would never WRITE that (and even when I say it, I can hear my grandma going "She and I are going to do this..." (I come from a family of teachers; I'm a Grammar Nazi for a reason LOL.) Another example would be using text-speak when texting compared to when writing a story. When you're limited to a number of characters or don't have a QWERTY keyboard, I can totally understand shortening things up, but when you don't realize that's unacceptable to do in formal writing, that's a problem.
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