This is another chapter of a McKay angst story, PG, and relatively short - less than 500 words. Need someone to check grammer and story line. Thanks, Terri...
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Katrina Lizabeth Jones
katrina_l_jones
May 14, 2006 2:25 pm
Cool. Let me fix up the things my first beta suggested and I'll email it to you. ^^ ~Kat...
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redthunder213
May 14, 2006 6:06 pm
Hey everyone, I've been noticing homophone abuse running rampant throughout stories, so I thought I'd post some helpful tips and/or explanations for common...
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redthunder213
May 14, 2006 6:29 pm
Arg! Okay, a few more... -"lets" and "let's" -- If you can replace the word with "let us", use "let's". Otherwise, use "lets". -"waist" and "waste" --...
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Laryn
leilaryn
May 15, 2006 1:51 am
Quick question. I see the "then/than" and "know/now"; thing a lot when dealing with British authors. I'm a Yank, so I've assumed this was a common spelling...
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Laryn
leilaryn
May 15, 2006 5:31 am
Here's the question - verbatim: I see the "then/than" and "know/now"; thing a lot when dealing with British authors. I'm a Yank, so I've assumed this was a...
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redthunder213
May 15, 2006 5:33 am
I'm a Yank, too, but I've read a vast amount of British literature and have never noticed any spelling differences with regard to "then/than" and "know/now";....
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Alyse
alyseci5
May 15, 2006 7:02 am
... No, it's not. They're mistakes, and very common ones. Then/than and know/no are used in English exactly the way that they are in American English. The...
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Laura Hackett
laura_trekkie
May 15, 2006 9:00 am
How odd. No, we have the same use for then/than and now/know as you do. Funnily enough, I've seen this same thing in a couple of authors that *I believe* were...
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Laura
laura_trekkie
May 15, 2006 9:23 am
about one of the things I notice a lot when betaing/reading. Namely the capitalisation of rank. The way I understand it, a title/rank should be capitalised if...
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Alyse
alyseci5
May 15, 2006 11:29 am
... See, I would capitalise the first one too because you are speaking about a *specific* Colonel, namely Lt. Colonel Sheppard. However, if you find colonels...
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redthunder213
May 15, 2006 3:35 pm
... Like so many aspects of English grammar (hello, "whom"), this seems to be in the process of changing. The rule of thumb that I was taught is that if it's...
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Volari
rabid_author
May 15, 2006 4:59 pm
Hi! Two messages to reply to; first, Redthunder's ... I apologize if this is beating a dead horse, but these two gave me troubles so I thought I'd throw out...
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zellieh
May 16, 2006 8:39 pm
This story is pretty much finished, and I could probably get away with posting it as it is, but I'd prefer to have someone - or several someones - check it...
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girlgonemadd@...
girlgonemadd001
May 17, 2006 4:49 pm
This is part four of my Lessons story that involves John wumping and a suicide attempt. It's about 900 words long. I need a good grammer check and...
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liluchica13
May 17, 2006 5:41 pm
Hi, I am totally new to the fanfiction business (the writing side anyway), but just got a sudden urge this afternoon to write something. It's short, OC...
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rock4eva2001
May 18, 2006 7:32 am
I have a shep/mckay fic that needs to be looked over. I will be very grateful for any help people can give me....
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sheppweir4eva
May 19, 2006 12:39 am
I've written an Alternate Reality fic and i need someone to look it over for me, i'd be so greatfull if someone could look it over for me. If anyone could...
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Laryn
leilaryn
May 22, 2006 1:13 pm
I've got a question, and since my last useful grammar class was at least a decade ago (possibly two), please bear with me on this one. The story I'm currently...
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Aiden Byrne
sheppweir4eva
May 22, 2006 2:00 pm
Hi Laryn I've just got your email, and to be honest i'm not that good with Grammar and punctuation so i don't think i'll be any help, i'm really sorry wish i...
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redthunder213
May 22, 2006 2:33 pm
... Example 3 is the only one of the three that is grammatically accurate, and I've never heard of any other way of putting dialogue tags inside two sets of...
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Kristin Bledsoe
feathergryph
May 22, 2006 4:49 pm
I'm not an expert, so I could be wrong, but I have to disagree with RT (below). I've seen Example 2 used quite frequently in professional novels. While some...
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Slade, Penny
ophelia98104
May 22, 2006 4:51 pm
I agree, the only time the second have should be capitalized is if it starts a whole new sentence, not if it is a continuation . ... From:...
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Alyse
alyseci5
May 22, 2006 5:35 pm
Examples two and three are both correct usage, providing that example two is the continuation of the same sentence. Example one is not correct, at least not if...
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redthunder213
May 22, 2006 5:59 pm
... I've always written something similar to the above as: "You know," blustered Rodney. "I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about." Is that also...
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Alyse
alyseci5
May 22, 2006 6:32 pm
... It can be *provided* you wanted to have two separate sentences. In other words, if you wanted to write: "You know. I have absolutely no idea what you're...
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Marie-France
marf_l
May 22, 2006 8:09 pm
Dual function posting :) I woud like to offer beta-reading skills, such as they are. I have grammar books, dictionaries and thesauruses and plenty of time. I ...
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Anthony Docimo
rodlox
May 23, 2006 12:17 am
... If I may ask, is that a British expression? What does "a turn up for the books" mean? *curious* thank you....
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laura_hackett@...
laura_trekkie
May 23, 2006 1:27 am
It's certainly a phrase I am familiar with, and I'm a Brit. I don't know whether it's exclusively British though. It means basically, a surprise, something...
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Michelle
swordoftheel...
May 24, 2006 3:04 am
I need someone that would like to bang out all the spelling, grammer, and confusing parts of my story out. I don't care if you bash parts of my story,...
