tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22154833.post1040554693054730978..comments2023-09-10T06:34:59.995-07:00Comments on Clockwork Jalopy: Thoughts on Books....Clockmakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11845337930950591954noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22154833.post-61823762438129147482010-12-02T04:56:59.809-08:002010-12-02T04:56:59.809-08:00Hallelujah, brother. After playing EQ for 5 years...Hallelujah, brother. After playing EQ for 5 years and pronouncing the names the way I read them, and then actually seeing other people who played face-to-face and having them correct my pronunciation of imaginary places, I too rebelled against the grammar fascists. I've extended it to my own writing too. I know you aren't supposed to dangle a participle (and honestly, I'm not even 100% sure what that even means), but I do it all the time (I think - it's where you say something like "the park she took her kids to" instead of "the park to which she would take her kids", right?). I don't care. We use that kind of speech all the time verbally. English is a living, changing language. It ain't Latin. If we do something verbally all the time without being corrected - and language is nothing more than a means of communicating our verbal language in coded symbols - then why can't I write however I want as long as the point I am trying to make is easily understood?<br /><br />Then again, maybe I'm just defensive for not caring much about grammar. And it still feels weird saying "KEY-nos" for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com