Grammar Rant Sticky
For all those times I just can't take it anymore.
Not aimed at specific people, and really, not even intended for people to read. I just have to get it off my chest and then I can get back to enjoying fic.
Nota bene:
- site≠sight≠cite
- OF≠'VE, as in would've
- dying≠dyeing≠dieing
- lose≠loose, chose≠choose, etc.
- two/to/too, for/fore/four, there/their/they're, your/you're, etc.
- straight≠strait
- reign≠rein≠rain
- vein≠vain
- breath≠breathe, bath≠bathe, cloths≠clothes, etc.
- bored≠board, border≠boarder
- illusion≠allusion, elusive≠illusive≠allusive
- duel≠dual
- martial≠marshal≠marital
- wonder≠wander
- apart≠a part, and of course alot≠a lot≠allot
- whose≠who's
- rapport≠rapore≠report≠rapper≠wrapper
- wring≠ring, write≠rite≠right, etc.
- hallow≠hollow
- bear≠bare (although this one can be confusing, so semi-pass)
- whip≠wipe
- scared≠scarred, pined≠pinned, etc.
- Just for you, Eric, dead≠deaf, admit≠commit
- Plurals don't require an apostrophe, really.
- Hypenated words take the plural on the first word: mothers-in-law, passers-by, etc.
- New speaker=new paragraph
- Pick one tense and stick to it. Please.
- Order matters. Watch where you put your clauses.
- If the sentence continues, replace final periods in quotes with commas. If it doesn't, don't.
- A sentence has to, at minimum, have a subject and a conjugated verb, and be able to stand alone out of context. Using incomplete sentences for effect every once in a while is great, using them willy-nilly is wrong.
- As is true in most things, if you know the rules and break them for a reason, it's art; if you break them just because you don't care or know what you're doing, you're wrong.
Okay. I think I feel better. For now.