tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318141125465644859.post5074646535166914594..comments2024-01-29T02:33:38.596-05:00Comments on My Daley Rant: Good Writing vs. Bad WritingRick Daleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05173516899130463413noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318141125465644859.post-64194771736243114262009-06-11T17:01:38.426-04:002009-06-11T17:01:38.426-04:00Anon,
That could work except for the town part. ...Anon, <br /><br />That could work except for the town part. The lights were just for our neighborhood. But if we agree that mincing words is just too much of a hassle, I'll accept you suggestion as-is.<br /><br />And I would like to point out the underlying irony that exists between our tax rates and the town's cheapness, as there is a marked disparity.Rick Daleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05173516899130463413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318141125465644859.post-88298757639659772352009-06-11T16:54:28.578-04:002009-06-11T16:54:28.578-04:00You wrote:
The builder installed these lamps with ...You wrote:<br />The builder installed these lamps with the intention of providing nighttime illumination, since we do not have streetlights in our community."<br /><br />How 'bout:<br />With the intention of providing nighttime illumination, the builder installed these lamps because we do not have any frickin streetlights in our cheap-o town.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318141125465644859.post-85298932336401312622009-06-02T02:03:42.581-04:002009-06-02T02:03:42.581-04:00Funny, but true. If you have to read the sentence ...Funny, but true. If you have to read the sentence three times, or it sounds like it was transliterated from German, it's bad writing.<br /><br />I do think there's such a thing as objectively bad writing. But I agree, once you start throwing down extremly successful novels, it undermines the point that some novels are a matter of taste and others are universally panned.Tara Mayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09095632631554776002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318141125465644859.post-32042544787691401892009-06-02T01:25:19.603-04:002009-06-02T01:25:19.603-04:00I agree with Vodka Mom (;))--why don't people just...I agree with Vodka Mom (;))--why don't people just take a moment to go over the written portion of a poster? <br /><br />So many of my blog posts will have a typo or a missing word, but messy syntax is pretty significant, I think.<br /><br />Thanks for another thoughtful post!Weronika Janczukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02578288655500573458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318141125465644859.post-18604275614528397802009-05-31T19:53:15.396-04:002009-05-31T19:53:15.396-04:00Yup, when I read the sentence I was thinking uh, t...Yup, when I read the sentence I was thinking uh, this is bad, this doesn't make a whole lot of sense as written. However, when I'm writing I don't have the brain to figure out when my sentences don't make a whole lot of sense. Go Figure.About Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10011023963327391019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318141125465644859.post-35111486229771041332009-05-31T16:44:11.507-04:002009-05-31T16:44:11.507-04:00Sadly, that reminds me of those Japanese manuals-i...Sadly, that reminds me of those Japanese manuals-in-English for a camera or DVD player where NOTHING makes sense. I've read books that make me feel the same way. I'm not naming titles or authors. ;)Michelle D. Argylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09696465137285587646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318141125465644859.post-25578879792398432972009-05-31T15:26:31.085-04:002009-05-31T15:26:31.085-04:00I'm ok with a typo. I just re-read the post and f...I'm ok with a typo. I just re-read the post and found a couple of my own. It's different when the entire sentence structure is wrong. That's when you meaning can get skewered. And not in a savory grilled shish-ka-bob way. I mean skewered in a dagger-through-the-heart kind of way.Rick Daleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05173516899130463413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318141125465644859.post-85455075458669028302009-05-30T20:50:32.523-04:002009-05-30T20:50:32.523-04:00honestly, that shit just makes me shake my head.
...honestly, that shit just makes me shake my head. <br /><br />Do people READ WHAT THEY WRITE???<br /><br />Cause frankly, that's all it really takes. Ya read what ya write. THEN make a bazillion copies and pass them out.Vodka Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04734323418017847775noreply@blogger.com