tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377741836634273944.post4549898607921469990..comments2024-03-12T05:11:42.096-07:00Comments on Write of Passage: Writing Great SentencesLinda Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00464543671077860561noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377741836634273944.post-744683507370438532020-01-27T22:01:39.060-08:002020-01-27T22:01:39.060-08:00Very insightful . I really love the way you took o...Very insightful . I really love the way you took out your time to explain . I've been researching articles on this topic this past week and yours BY FAR is the best!! Thanks for your very comprehensive tutorial on topic <a href="https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/please-appraise-typesofsentences-com.2861757/" rel="nofollow">Sentence Types</a> . Keep up the good work .Mike Frolowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04421424534259803651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377741836634273944.post-61866370757592524462012-08-17T08:56:55.216-07:002012-08-17T08:56:55.216-07:00So glad it's useful, Reneeann. As for the book...So glad it's useful, Reneeann. As for the book, I didn't realize it wasn't available on Kindle. Darn! I got mine the old school way at a bookstore (in paper, too--maybe that's the only way it's available.Linda Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00464543671077860561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377741836634273944.post-39073112726154485982012-08-17T08:39:43.585-07:002012-08-17T08:39:43.585-07:00Love this blog and want to get this book. However,...Love this blog and want to get this book. However, I can't find it as an eBook. Is it not available for Kindle? <br /><br />I'm so glad to hear fragments are okay because sometimes, they're my best friend. <br /><br />Thank you for sharing Linda. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377741836634273944.post-41120172908839256652012-08-15T11:19:16.621-07:002012-08-15T11:19:16.621-07:00I find the ferreting out very challenging, Em. My ...I find the ferreting out very challenging, Em. My mother said a run-on sentence the other day that was an absolute beauty of separating the preposition from its complement (with a clause that was way longer than the rest of the sentence), but can I remember it? Nooo.Linda Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00464543671077860561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377741836634273944.post-37886710029851740792012-08-15T11:06:10.262-07:002012-08-15T11:06:10.262-07:00Really interesting. I've recently trained myse...Really interesting. I've recently trained myself to avoid stock phrases such as "he was feeling", "he felt". I'd guess "despite feeling the cold" would qualify under this! Not "cutting up" such phrases, I suppose, takes this one step further...<br /><br />Although it's much less easy to ferret out where prepositional phrases have been mangled than searching for stock phrases in a WIP! :(<br /><br />EmUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08850665590104983973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377741836634273944.post-65839627201918815722012-08-07T22:15:20.387-07:002012-08-07T22:15:20.387-07:00This kind of attention to important structural det...This kind of attention to important structural detail really does do that, Heather. You'll love this book!Linda Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00464543671077860561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377741836634273944.post-31059011070501338312012-08-07T11:10:52.932-07:002012-08-07T11:10:52.932-07:00It is very interesting, thanks. And my book will b...It is very interesting, thanks. And my book will be here in two to three days. :)Karlene Petitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17910702587514001827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377741836634273944.post-54468059904674666222012-08-07T09:49:32.174-07:002012-08-07T09:49:32.174-07:00This book just sounds better and better each week!...This book just sounds better and better each week! I love the detail to sentence structure. As I learn more about sentence structure I feel it is strengthening my writing and helping the tone of my books so much. Thank you for introducing us to this book!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130733681254163610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377741836634273944.post-26122192414171860722012-08-07T08:17:04.327-07:002012-08-07T08:17:04.327-07:00Yeah, it's kind of mind-twisting to think abou...Yeah, it's kind of mind-twisting to think about, Karlene, although we use prepositional phrases constantly. Here's an example of misuse: "Ginny did a lot of the work, WITHOUT any of the others who were others who were working on the project, day and night, giving her any ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. (Also, prepositional phrases can have more than one word as the preposition and one word as the complement. I'm thinking it's an interesting basic thing to study.)Linda Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00464543671077860561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377741836634273944.post-16751582622550481172012-08-06T16:44:10.887-07:002012-08-06T16:44:10.887-07:00This is fascinating Linda. I just added her book t...This is fascinating Linda. I just added her book to my list on Amazon. So... on those prepositional phrases, with the compliment. Do you have an example of how someone would screw this up and not write it correctly? Hopefully I haven't done just that in this comment. :)Karlene Petitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17910702587514001827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377741836634273944.post-75280710296581903312012-08-06T12:33:50.565-07:002012-08-06T12:33:50.565-07:00I love using fragments, too, Natalie. It makes the...I love using fragments, too, Natalie. It makes the flow so much more natural.Linda Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00464543671077860561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377741836634273944.post-58931266717590993172012-08-06T12:28:52.453-07:002012-08-06T12:28:52.453-07:00Well, Denise, I say Fie on grammar checkers! :) Pr...Well, Denise, I say Fie on grammar checkers! :) Priscilla Long is terrific.Linda Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00464543671077860561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377741836634273944.post-4168518444659149932012-08-06T04:21:16.997-07:002012-08-06T04:21:16.997-07:00Love your examples. And glad to hear fragments are...Love your examples. And glad to hear fragments are okay because I like to use them for thoughts and dialogue. They make the thoughts and dialogue sound more realistic.Natalie Aguirrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03756087804171246660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377741836634273944.post-14308324321211116112012-08-06T00:36:58.638-07:002012-08-06T00:36:58.638-07:00Ah, this is my kind of post. The annoying thing ab...Ah, this is my kind of post. The annoying thing about using so many fragments is that the grammar checker hates them! Love the examples from Long. I must get the book. :DDenise Covey https://www.blogger.com/profile/07106490051555233439noreply@blogger.com