I saw this on social media and thought I’d share with readers…especially those of us in English education. Could the following guidelines be true, while still being “cheeky”? Or is impossible to follow them in the normal course of creative writing and speaking?
An astute reader made a very good observation…how can one write without using at least some of these? Especially in Fiction. See comments below, and add your “two cents worth” (had to go with an idiom on that one)!
I Teach English Language Learners 
Yet all a exist in everyday dialogue, so if you’re writing fiction….
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Yeah, kinda hard to get way from it…besides, how creative would writing be without these elements. Maybe less is more for some genres, but for some of us, more is awesome!
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We’re called well-spoken if we avoid these blunders on the page yet we sound bookish and stiff if we eschew them in conversation. Oh, the irony, it burns.
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Yep. One of my favorite responses from the average listener when I speak is “you sure use some big words”…or something like that. Sheesh.
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Stop hanging abound average listeners.
I just had this conversation with someone, about dumbing it down and reining it in intellectually so everyone else can feel comfortable.
Fuuuck that. What about OUR comfort? Keeping a racehorse in a tiny stall just pisses off the horse. My advice: Run, baby, run. The other racehorses will find you.
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Only thoroughbreds need apply. Or really determined mixed-breed ponies. I’ll take either. 😉
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Ha, ha! It’s going to be hard not to look at people all week and think to myself, “Hmm, how determined of a mixed-breed pony are YOU going to be?”
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