BobbyBrandt
Virgin Wannabe
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The singular feedback topic that irks me the most is when a reader proudly displays their 'C-average' English grade by criticizing the improper use of pronouns (usually personal pronouns) within a story without any distinction between whether the word(s) in question are within the narrative or within character dialog.
I truly wish that readers would learn to recognize the two little marks (") known as quotation marks. They indicate that the words written between them are the words of a character speaking them to another character, otherwise referred to as 'speech'.
Human speech is messy. Human speech does not follow the same rules of grammar as writing (thankfully).
Maybe I'll try writing a sex scene between two Oxford University English professors and see how that dialog turns out...
I truly wish that readers would learn to recognize the two little marks (") known as quotation marks. They indicate that the words written between them are the words of a character speaking them to another character, otherwise referred to as 'speech'.
Human speech is messy. Human speech does not follow the same rules of grammar as writing (thankfully).
Maybe I'll try writing a sex scene between two Oxford University English professors and see how that dialog turns out...
