detective story update
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A few books wouldn't be a bad idea either: Strunk & White's "Elements of Style", Roget's "Thesaurus", and a college level dictionary.
I think it helps a lot to have someone else read your work and 'edit' it. But you have to be careful; your relationship has to be that you won't get bent out of shape if he says 'it stinks', nor will he if you don't follow his advice. Nevertheless, nothing beats a second sets of eyeballs reading your text.
I think it helps a lot to have someone else read your work and 'edit' it. But you have to be careful; your relationship has to be that you won't get bent out of shape if he says 'it stinks', nor will he if you don't follow his advice. Nevertheless, nothing beats a second sets of eyeballs reading your text.
Mg357..I applaud for undertaking such a task...writing is a tough job but it can be very therapeutic, so have fun...and don't worry about the spelling and grammar too much right now...that's what second drafts are for...well, actually 3rd or 4th drafts....
I agree. I'm pretty confident in my writing skills composing factual accounts, policies/procedures, and professional articles or opinions. I don't possess the ability to write fiction, I wish I did, and envy those who do.
If I were you I'd start writing, have fun, and see where it goes. Reread often what you've written and make improvements you see. Things often look or sound different the next day.
I think I'd just think in terms of "handgun", "rifle", and "back-up gun" and let the specifics come later. Don't bog your self down with details at this point.
Good luck! Oh yeah, one of my best friends is a white guy named "Cal" (or Calvin) and I have a nephew who is a career Air Force officer who's married to a teacher, so you may want to take what I say "with a grain of sand"!
GatorFarmer
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feralmerril
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OT, but just who, how and when is the spelling of certain words or slang accepted as being okay? Todays english is far different compaired to old english as used in the king james version of the bible. So just who set themselves up to be a authority of whats right and proper through the years? It must have changed constantly for many years. At what point did that all stop? Did some guru say in say, 1815, we no longer are going to accept altering the rightous spelling of words as they are now known?
I am aware that I am considered a bad speller. Still, I am positive everyone that reads what I write can understand what I mean.
I am aware that I am considered a bad speller. Still, I am positive everyone that reads what I write can understand what I mean.
Double-O-Dave
US Veteran
"It is a d*** poor mind indeed which can't think of at least two ways to spell any word".
President Andrew Jackson
President Andrew Jackson
Gee, give the guy a break.
What a way to burst someones bubble. He was asking for some gun help not advice from a gun forum on how he should write and spell. He used a Homophone, (have fun with that) so what? It's a forum not a Pulitzer prize contest.
MG357, keep on writing what ever, however you want. The more you write the better you will get, just like anything.
JMO, but I always thought a PI should carry either a 1911 or snub 38. For some reason the carbine just doesn't fit for me, but it's your book.
What a way to burst someones bubble. He was asking for some gun help not advice from a gun forum on how he should write and spell. He used a Homophone, (have fun with that) so what? It's a forum not a Pulitzer prize contest.
MG357, keep on writing what ever, however you want. The more you write the better you will get, just like anything.
JMO, but I always thought a PI should carry either a 1911 or snub 38. For some reason the carbine just doesn't fit for me, but it's your book.
seagill
US Veteran
Couldn't agree more. There's a lot of "made up" words that are now in the dictionary. I'm waiting to see "mybabydaddy" in there!
ACP230
Member
I wouldn't bother taking a journalism class. I have been a journalist and written fiction and non-fiction (including gun prose) and think a J-class could do more harm than good.
Learning to spell is a good idea but there are other ways.
It can be bad to expect editors to fix things in your work too. I have had several editors who have fixed things that weren't broken when the manuscript was submitted.
Learning to spell is a good idea but there are other ways.
It can be bad to expect editors to fix things in your work too. I have had several editors who have fixed things that weren't broken when the manuscript was submitted.
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back to your qurstion
The way I see it is the “new” guns in the safe are questionable after all they were his Grandfathers.Or is it his Fathers safe with his Grandfathers carbine in it? If I were to give my son my Fathers safe ( I’am 54 and my son is 26)it would have 1911A1, M1 carbine Paratrooper (folding stock) Small enough for a guy in a wheel chair to conceal and perhaps and S&W victory model or a 10, with a 4in (102mm )barrel.If it his fathers safe the guns you listed work.
A number of other cool guns could be in that safe depending on the type of fellow his Grandfather/father is/was, anything from metals and Chinese capture pieces from the Korean war or Vietnam to illegal stuff like a full auto M-16.I am assuming the grandfather was born in the mid 1930‘s.
My dad was born in 1919 and served in WWII was still in the military during Korea and Vietnam, he retired from active duty in 1975 with 35 years in the Army.I was born in 1957 when Dad was 38. My son was born in 1985, I was 28.
Penmon aka Jim
The way I see it is the “new” guns in the safe are questionable after all they were his Grandfathers.Or is it his Fathers safe with his Grandfathers carbine in it? If I were to give my son my Fathers safe ( I’am 54 and my son is 26)it would have 1911A1, M1 carbine Paratrooper (folding stock) Small enough for a guy in a wheel chair to conceal and perhaps and S&W victory model or a 10, with a 4in (102mm )barrel.If it his fathers safe the guns you listed work.
A number of other cool guns could be in that safe depending on the type of fellow his Grandfather/father is/was, anything from metals and Chinese capture pieces from the Korean war or Vietnam to illegal stuff like a full auto M-16.I am assuming the grandfather was born in the mid 1930‘s.
My dad was born in 1919 and served in WWII was still in the military during Korea and Vietnam, he retired from active duty in 1975 with 35 years in the Army.I was born in 1957 when Dad was 38. My son was born in 1985, I was 28.
Penmon aka Jim
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Feralmerril: As I understand it (which may not be the way it is), the people putting together dictionaries, try to find out what is current usage and spelling, and incorporate that in the dictionary. If it worked correctly, the way English is spoken or written by the public is what finds its way into the dictionary. Thus as the language evolves, the dictionaries reflect that change.
This is a lot different from France, where the Academie Français, composed of a lot of academics, determines what is proper French, which is then incorporated into French dictionaries. Perhaps Anglaispierre can supply more corrent information on this than I can.
This is a lot different from France, where the Academie Français, composed of a lot of academics, determines what is proper French, which is then incorporated into French dictionaries. Perhaps Anglaispierre can supply more corrent information on this than I can.
feralmerril
Absent Comrade
Thanks cyrano, but you know your shooting down my excuse`s for my sloppy writeing!
