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Old 11-18-2003, 02:54 PM   #27 (permalink)
gophtc
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not as much when writing, and not with nouns, but verbs and adjectives, its sometimes ok to use the wrong words.
its like using the word piss and fuck, they dont mean what they mean literally, but in context and with expression they get the point across.
when you can make up words and ppl know what you are saying then you are undeniably, an eloquent speaker.

for example, none of the above are proper sentences. the first few phrases in commas are run-on fragments even though there is no such thing. My teacher would probably tell me to write 4 sentences to say the same thing. The word "ok" is a recently made-up word for alright, but is now acceptable. According to my teacher you are not supposed to use "like", people use this word excessively when they are trying to sound professional but are having trouble getting their points across. thats only because speaking that way is unnatural. if they spoke the way they wanted they would feel comfortable AND keep people interested.
the "an" after undeniably is misplaced but it has greater effect there.

i kno the way i wrote this doesnt look very good, but it would sound a lot better if i was saying it. I could edit it, but look at it and think how it loses something that way. Well, its possible people could speak better if we all had better vocabulary, can you show me a better way of writing the first few lines?
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