Punctuation Addictions....

[BlackShanglan]

It's the horsey's fault

I hear a lot of that phrase, for some reason.

 

[oggbashan]

Then there is then.

It used to appear throughout my work and then I tried to obviate its use but the word but proliferated.

It is very difficult to avoid one's own peculiarities but then...

Og

 

[logophile]

Og - Cantdog pointed one of mine out. Apparently I use "start" or "started" all the time. Since he brought it to my attention I've been mindful of it. It's hard to wipe something like that out...

(And there I go with the damned ellipses again.)

 

[elsol]

Then there is then.

It used to appear throughout my work and then I tried to obviate its use but the word but proliferated.

It is very difficult to avoid one's own peculiarities but then...

Og

And then there's that...

The three th virus... then, there, and that.

Sincerely,
ElSol

 

[Guest]

 

[BlackShanglan]

Og - Cantdog pointed one of mine out. Apparently I use "start" or "started" all the time. Since he brought it to my attention I've been mindful of it. It's hard to wipe something like that out...

(And there I go with the damned ellipses again.)

I had to yank that one out root and branch as wel. I kept using "she began to <verb>" instead of just "she <verbed>" for no very good reason. Amazing how seducative those little extra non-meaning words can be.

 

[elsol]

Og - Cantdog pointed one of mine out. Apparently I use "start" or "started" all the time. Since he brought it to my attention I've been mindful of it. It's hard to wipe something like that out...

(And there I go with the damned ellipses again.)

They forgot 'start' and 'started''s bastard cousin... 'began'.

Sincerely,
ElSol

 

[Kassiana]

I believe I use fairly accurate punctuation most of the time. I know that technically my writing eclipses the people I know (in general). That includes college professors.

I also have been eliminating "he said" and "she said" from my dialogues that involve two people. So there!