tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712960482559839387.post1615730655052450467..comments2023-10-26T03:54:15.899-07:00Comments on Project Savior: Writing Wednesday: Black Aggie and Grammar MistakesDarrell B. Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02851443183217238218noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712960482559839387.post-39767133135248077652010-10-27T08:14:09.944-07:002010-10-27T08:14:09.944-07:00mist=midst
In real life people, other than politi...mist=midst<br /><br />In real life people, other than politicians, rarely talk in paragraphs. And, when they do, it's just as boring as it is in a book with page after page of one person's talking.<br /><br />I do know (and use) the grammar rule you cited and have had occasion to use it, but, in four books, I can count the number of times I needed it on one hand. If I have someone talking too long, I make sure I add some comment by someone else or some action, otherwise I'll be as bored as the reader.<br /><br />BTW, my son had whooping cough last year (and, yes, he was vaccinated). No way you could miss it, not if we're talking several children. Maybe you'd be better off with something like polio which can cause the nerves to stop working muscles. If you didn't know better, you might think someone was suffocated when they really just couldn't breathe.Stephanie Barrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772217449161603561noreply@blogger.com