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Ironically, it's hard for me to take this manifesto seriously because of the author's poor grammar. I found the awkward and/or incorrect structure of many sente
by npilk 6y ago
Ironically, it's hard for me to take this manifesto seriously because of the author's poor grammar. I found the awkward and/or incorrect structure of many sentences distracting and ultimately gave up after the second or third section. This doesn't invalidate the author's ideas, but it does suggest that writing style matters to at least some degree.
- GartzenDeHaes 6y agoWriting correctly comes before writing well and both of these are prerequisites for anything that would be called a style. Badly written is not really a style IMHO.
- spekcular 6y agoRight. I read the first paragraph and already found multiple grammar issues.
- walshemj 6y agoWhich are?
- tkgally 6y agoWell, if we wanted to get picky, we could point out the following: Comma splice [0]: > I am not reading them for enjoyment, that’s what fiction is for. Run-on sentences [1]: > I am reading them to learn what they have to say and I have to wade through a morass of stories, pointless metaphors, geysers of words. > They are aiming for eloquence but effluence would be a better term for what their reader gets. But these are minor problems that are common in online writing and probably don’t distract many readers. The more important issues with this essay are pointed out in other comments here. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma_splice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma_splice [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_clause_structure#Run-on_sentences https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_clause_structure#Run-...