me speak good?  

Posted by Imprint

me speak good?

 

Posted by Talon

how To i Am grammre?.

If you're actually going to truly care about grammar, then a vast majority of syntactical strategies often used for rhythm and effect in fictional and creative writing violate the rules of English grammar. Grammar, aside from elementary fundamentals, should be thrown out the window in creative writing.

Just saying.

If you state that "good grammar" is a criteria for success in this project, it would probably deter writers from using anything other than standard sentence syntax. You should probably leave that out. Proper grammar is an implied given anyway; it sounds like you're directing this contest towards a 5th grade English class.

Also, your example:



... has almost nothing to do with grammar. These are mostly spelling errors, and grammar and spelling are completely separate. Grammar deals with syntactical construction, not spelling. Spelling is a simple writing convention. The same goes with punctuation. While they do go hand-in-hand together, they are separate guidelines of English. Your sentence was grammatically correct aside from "once" and "TEH", though I must admit the spelling and punctuation was way off.



Yes, I'm a grammar nazi; yes, you can call me a tool for this; and yes, this is over the line and probably unnecessary; but yes, I enjoy doing this.

This post made me giggle irl  

Posted by Talon

how To i Am grammre?.

If you're actually going to truly care about grammar, then a vast majority of syntactical strategies often used for rhythm and effect in fictional and creative writing violate the rules of English grammar. Grammar, aside from elementary fundamentals, should be thrown out the window in creative writing.

Just saying.

If you state that "good grammar" is a criteria for success in this project, it would probably deter writers from using anything other than standard sentence syntax. You should probably leave that out. Proper grammar is an implied given anyway; it sounds like you're directing this contest towards a 5th grade English class.

Also, your example:



... has almost nothing to do with grammar. These are mostly spelling errors, and grammar and spelling are completely separate. Grammar deals with syntactical construction, not spelling. Spelling is a simple writing convention. The same goes with punctuation. While they do go hand-in-hand together, they are separate guidelines of English. Your sentence was grammatically correct aside from "once" and "TEH", though I must admit the spelling and punctuation was way off.



Yes, I'm a grammar nazi; yes, you can call me a tool for this; and yes, this is over the line and probably unnecessary; but yes, I enjoy doing this.

fokin rekt  

Posted by Shadowfox

This post made me giggle irl

!!!

Posted by Shadowfox

grammar is important.

 

Posted by Talon

!!!

I don't always feel the need to use spelling and grammar properly especially if I'm typing on a mobile device. Lol.  

Posted by MrSimons

fokin rekt

fook u nob  

Posted by Shadowfox

I don't always feel the need to use spelling and grammar properly especially if I'm typing on a mobile device. Lol.

Posted by Shadowfox

I never feel the need to spell or use grammar properly, especially if I'm typing on a mobile device. lol/LOL.

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Posted by Talon

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*giggle*  

(Writing should be positively constructed. Negative statements should only be used as a means of denial or in antithesis, not as a means of evasion as demonstrated above.)

Hi, um, I don't mean to be a grammar nazi, but for some reason, you have a closing parenthesis here:

not as a means of evasion as demonstrated above.)

however, you seem to be lacking of an opening parenthesis at the start of your statement:

Writing should be positively constructed.

You see, if you're going to add a parenthesis, you must make sure that you have both an opening and a closing parenthesis. The reason for this is because you are trying to add in a statement that doesn't fit in with your argument or conversation, but you still want to add it nonetheless. However, because you didn't add both parenthesis, your purpose for adding in text that does not relate to your original topic becomes null.

OP: This seem like fun. Unfortunately, I do not play zone. You should open this up to all servers. Either way, good luck to anyone who submits a story!  

My luggage is soo wondarfool i tink im thenkerballsak.

gudlack to ull of te papol in the centest.  

The Graalians thread, Halloween Fan-Made Short Story Contest currently has one story, and roughly 15 comments, relating to grammar and speech.

How wonderful.  

Posted by CM CM

Hi, um, I don't mean to be a grammar nazi, but for some reason, you have a closing parenthesis here:



however, you seem to be lacking of an opening parenthesis at the start of your statement:



You see, if you're going to add a parentheses, you must make sure that you have both an opening and a closing parenthesis. The reason for this is because you are trying to add in a statement that doesn't fit in with your argument or conversation, but you still want to add it nonetheless. However, because you didn't add both parenthesis, your purpose for adding in text that does not relate to your original topic becomes null.

OP: This seem like fun. Unfortunately, I do not play zone. You should open this up to all servers. Either way, good luck to anyone who submits a story!

Look closer.

However, grammar won't be judged harshly will be judged leniently, as long as it isn't extremely prevalent in the story. has no effect on the original intent of the story. (This sentence uses two indefinite clauses (won't be, isn't) and negative construction. Negative construction should not be used, per Strunk and White's Elements of Style. If it "won't be judged harshly", what will it be judged? Leniently? Strictly? Metaphorically? This is ambiguous and indefinite.

Writing should be positively constructed. Negative statements should only be used as a means of denial or in antithesis, not as a means of evasion as demonstrated above.)

There are two parenthetical statements across the paragraphs - this requires two sets of parentheses!