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Writers F.A.Q (Last Updated: 2024 Nov 18 1:45 pm)
I could contribute free margins, white space, and paragraphs for those challenged to give space to their words. How about the modelers providing writer's blocks to those fortunate few who have never experienced any? How about a whole collection of apostrophes that will only parent to possessives and will automatically delete themselves if placed on plurals? A box of commas...I know someone who needs a box of commas!!!
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I'm working on something right now, all of my 'non-art' kinda URL's..here's a site that's a perfect example how *not* to write. Even as an object lesson, if you ever had the need to release the savage critic within you, this is your place. It's morbidly fascinating.I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit
anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)
apostrophes that will only parent to possessives....um, if that's what they are supposed to do, chuck them my way :-) Here's my freebie solution to writers block. I go and look at my oversized ironing pile. Suddenly I'm full of ideas that just have to be written down now. Lol pakled That is truly awful. There's hope for me yet Shanna :-)
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*Apostrophe. The most common way to form a possessive in English is with apostrophe and s: "a hard day's night." After a plural noun ending in s, put just an apostrophe: "two hours' work" (i.e., "the work of two hours"). If a plural doesn't end in s children, men, people plain old apostrophe-s: "children's," "men's," "people's." It's never "mens'" or "childrens'." There's also the opposite case: when a singular noun ends in s. That's a little trickier. Most style guides prefer s's: James's house. Plain old s-apostrophe (as in James' house) is common in journalism, but most other publishers prefer James's. It's a matter of house style. Note that the possessives of pronouns never get apostrophes: theirs, not their's; hers, not her's; its, not it's. See It's versus Its. Apostrophes are sometimes used to make acronyms or other abbreviations plural (another matter of a local house style). My preference: don't use apostrophes to make abbreviations plural not "They took their SAT's," but "They took their SATs." The only exception is when having no apostrophe might be confusing: "Two As" is ambiguous; make it "Two A's." Never use apostrophes as quotation marks to set off words or phrases (unless you need a quotation within a quotation). To refer to a decade, don't use an apostrophe before the s. Refer to the 1960s or the '60s (the apostrophe indicates that "19" has been omitted), not the 1960's or (worse) the '60's.*Attached Link: It can be done
I have seen it done on the Sci-Fi Web Site. The forum Moderator begins with the first couple of paragraphs from a given theme. The community then chimes in with a sentence, paragraph, or whole chapter on the story, in the end you will have a pretty unique story."How about the modelers providing writer's blocks to those fortunate few who have never experienced any?" My guess is there are as many writer's blocks as there are Vicky swords. Please no writer-block freebies! "How about a whole collection of apostrophes that will only parent to possessives and will automatically delete themselves if placed on plurals?" Now! There's a pie I can sink my teeth into.
When a politician in Columbus was asked why the Veterans Memorial Auditorium didn't have the apostrophe on the front of the building, he said it would have cost $500 more. The metal letters were huge and costly. An apostrophe would have made the building "over budget." Sometimes, it's all about the money. Of course I don't know if the story is true or not.
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What would we put in it? Free for non commerical use only this line ..."It was a dark and stormy night" new plugin klingon dictionary for word add a little star trek to your story... I'm all out of ideas What do you think? Shanna, Obviously got too much spare time on her hands :-)