Grammar in Quotations

[musicankane]

If I remember correctly from high school and college english, it is perfectly ok the screw with grammer when a character is speaking.


For example: "I ain't no freaking hillbilly!"

I do my best to make sure my stories have the best grammar i can possibly maintain on my own, especially with my lastest stories. (anything subbmitted within the last month and a half). I run spell check and re-read the story CAREFULLY to make sure I have no typos.
Unfortunately I tend to type very fast when the story is flowing through my fingers and that does lead to typos, but I go back.

I am wondering if some of the grammar ill comments i've gotten of late could be because maybe people from other country's don't understand a character's speech when they make a slang, or idiom. Therefore they yell about grammar.

 

[TheEarl]

If I remember correctly from high school and college english, it is perfectly ok the screw with grammer when a character is speaking.


For example: "I ain't no freaking hillbilly!"

I do my best to make sure my stories have the best grammar i can possibly maintain on my own, especially with my lastest stories. (anything subbmitted within the last month and a half). I run spell check and re-read the story CAREFULLY to make sure I have no typos.
Unfortunately I tend to type very fast when the story is flowing through my fingers and that does lead to typos, but I go back.

I am wondering if some of the grammar ill comments i've gotten of late could be because maybe people from other country's don't understand a character's speech when they make a slang, or idiom. Therefore they yell about grammar.

I don't think you can win sometimes. I've had people challenge my stories for my Anglocentric grammar and I know of Americans who have had their stories challenged over Americocentric grammar. Sometimes, it's just the readers being pernickety for the sake of it.

You are quite right that inside speechmarks, you can do pretty much anything you like, as long as it's in character. I wouldn't've thought that was the source of any complaints and, if it is, then I feel sure that you can ignore them. Have you a link to your stories? I'll have a look and see if I can see what the problem is (although I can't promise to be exceptionally quick!).

The Earl

 

[musicankane]

yeah sure here you go earl and thank you.....
http://english.literotica.com/stories/memberpage.php?uid=462489&page=submissions

my newer items are all im worried about. I'm aware of my own retardness over older submissions, but i was more worried about getting the foot in the door than anything else back then.

 

[TheEarl]

Just read the start of "Making Amends". There are a few grammar errors, but it's not appalling. Small things like misuse of commas in certain places. It's nothing major and you certainly endeared yourself to me by the correct use of a semi-colon in the first sentence!

If you like, I can go through and give it a proper edit and show you any places where the grammar's slightly off?

I have to say that you've got quite a talent for writing. I like your characters so far, especially your narrator, and you've brought a real bit of life to the story. Nicely done.

He looked up when I walked in. "Hey son! Your friend just got here so I let her in, she's waiting for you in your room. And let me tell you son, you've got yourself a hell of a looker there."

"Stacy's here?" I asked puzzled.

"Yeah, get up there and do your thing." My dad said.

My dad is a dirty bastard sometimes.

Made I larf.

The Earl