tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2582274004296638852.post2731376574348021517..comments2023-12-30T09:35:40.561-07:00Comments on Chiseled in Rock: Do You Check Out Buts?Chiseled in Rockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02545077591839974850noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2582274004296638852.post-85222149172296966372011-11-03T10:28:23.526-06:002011-11-03T10:28:23.526-06:00Great post...you got me at the title. Some should...Great post...you got me at the title. Some should be "and" (helps with understatement to juxtapose the real with the unreal without a but). Throw the rules out the door sometimes and put 10 buts in one sentence. Fiction, it's all good if done in an engaging manner. Go Buts!!!!Sisters of the Quillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07067700948949637412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2582274004296638852.post-68973963217137451442011-11-03T10:26:29.105-06:002011-11-03T10:26:29.105-06:00If you read your work aloud, you will hear repetit...If you read your work aloud, you will hear repetitions better than if you just look at words. I agree, "but" sneaks in there - I've used it twice in a single sentence (then rewrote). Though, yet, however, in spite of that - there are myriad ways to express opposition. But continual opposition leaves the reader spinning.NC Weilhttp://ncweil.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2582274004296638852.post-34059443241062481512011-11-03T10:04:36.335-06:002011-11-03T10:04:36.335-06:00LOL!
E.C.LOL!<br /><br />E.C.Chiseled in Rockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02545077591839974850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2582274004296638852.post-36612652844753506342011-11-03T07:35:02.846-06:002011-11-03T07:35:02.846-06:00I'm not so sure if I need fewer buts, or just ...I'm not so sure if I need fewer buts, or just one that's not so big!<br /><br />Too many buts will have us butting our heads together in agony.<br /><br />But really, I should stop now, but I can't....Dean K Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01846624912452227191noreply@blogger.com