05-28-2020, 03:10 PM
(05-23-2020, 07:26 PM)jaybreak Wrote:(05-20-2020, 03:22 AM)IainH Wrote: P.S. Hey Jay, I thought I'd give you a nice long rambling sentence, I hope you approve, while I'm still far, far short of the 19th century style of sentefication that I so admire, I'm working on it.
Do I write long sentences? Like, too long? I have been accused of that in my critique groups, here and there, but I don't notice it to be honest.
Not to me, I like long sentences whereas, modern writers tend to adopt short, clipped sentences which sometimes, don't even qualify as sentences. Writers of the past were highly educated and were experts in the use of written English and oftentimes, Latin and Greek as where the people who read. I came up at the end of the era when education was education and not the feel good indoctrination that followed, my greatest regret is that there was no one around me who actually gave a shit enough to make me apply myself to my studies. I was a free range kid who tried to stay out of the house as much as possible.