[ SECRET POST #2118 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2118 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

Re: Things that make you immediately stop reading a fanfiction

[30_rock_office]

My issues with fic are more focused on grammar, spelling, and punctuation. But keeping people in character is a very close second. Here are my main peeves though...

1. When someone writes dialogue like this:

"I like cats", said Johnny.

"Do you like cats"? asked Johnny.

"I like dogs" said Kate.

2. When people put a comma before the word "because."

3. When people change tenses when they shouldn't; like starting in present and ending in past for no apparent reason.

4. Misspelling character names. Or messing up characterization in general.

5. Poorly written fic as a whole.

Re: Things that make you immediately stop reading a fanfiction

[(Anonymous)]

It's sometimes correct to put a comma before "because".
Example: I can't imagine why anyone likes arugula, because I sure don't!

Re: Things that make you immediately stop reading a fanfiction

[30_rock_office]

You wouldn't need a comma in your example sentence. It's not a traditional conjunction. http://wire.rutgers.edu/p_grammar_comma2.html

Re: Things that make you immediately stop reading a fanfiction

[(Anonymous)]

You're not taking age and location into account. For the time and place I went to school, the example sentence requires a comma. If I'd gone to school somewhere else or at another time, it might not.

Style guides are great as long as you remember that they are not universal. There are very few immutable rules of grammar; however, there are a great many common practices within regions and eras.

Re: Things that make you immediately stop reading a fanfiction

[(Anonymous)]

I find it really funny that you say characterization is a deal breaker. XD

Re: Things that make you immediately stop reading a fanfiction

[30_rock_office]

Why is it funny that I said that?