Re: FB for FIC: For You, I Will Wait (1/?) (to Phoen Dusk)

[Mike Cronin <wizathogwarts@xxxxxxxxx>]

To all good FB's,

 

I want to say how proud I am of the way all of you who gave feed back to first time writer Desdemona.  I beta'd her first chapter and purposely left in 'some' of her tense shifts.  I did this so that she could personally experience the effect poor grammar has on the reading experience.  I felt that if I fixed everything for her she wouldn't fully comprehend the importance of proper english in a fic.  And since several of you so wonderfully pointed this out I feel vindicated.

So you can blame me for the poor grammar that was left and look forward to reading a story that will just get better.

 

-mike

danspector@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Phoen,
>
> >Here's a good example.  "Hear" is present; 
> >"tried" is past.  Using "trys" would keep it in 
> >present.
>
> Except that it's misspelled.  The word you're looking for is "tries".
> ;-)
>
> Desdemona, 
>
> Yeah, I thought English might not be your first language, but I'm sure
> you'll improve.  TidalWave had, IMO, a rougher time with English in her
> earliest fics, and she's gotten much better.  Keep at it!
>
> Dan
>
> whose English is pretty much his only language, not counting some
> liturgical Hebrew, some rusty and bad French, and some Spanish that's
> only really useful for following a boxing match…
>
> (¡Gancha Izquierda!) 
>
>
>
> Willow: "It's a good fight, Buffy, and I want in."
> Buffy:  "I kinda love
>  you."
>                       —'Choices'
>
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