Actually, this bit's a little weird: Let's say it's bad enough to confuses readers and make them want to stop reading after page 2.
I'm not excellent at grammar either, so I feel your pain. I have to think about it so much that it stunts me and cuts off my flow. :DDDDDDDD My muse flounces off in the face of terrible use of commas and the like. I think, though, that the more you write and the more you read (I've heard people say you should read twice as much as you write) the more you get a natural feel for language. The mechanics just start to assimilate and you don't have to work as hard to get it right. So my advice? Read, read, read and try to notice not only what the author says but how he or she says it. Also write a million crappy sentences before you write a few good ones.
Recently, I saw this book and it looks interesting: Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eats,_Shoots_&_Leaves). I'm thinking of getting it myself.
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Date: 2009-03-22 06:28 pm (UTC)Let's say it's bad enough to confuses readers and make them want to stop reading after page 2.
I'm not excellent at grammar either, so I feel your pain. I have to think about it so much that it stunts me and cuts off my flow. :DDDDDDDD My muse flounces off in the face of terrible use of commas and the like. I think, though, that the more you write and the more you read (I've heard people say you should read twice as much as you write) the more you get a natural feel for language. The mechanics just start to assimilate and you don't have to work as hard to get it right. So my advice? Read, read, read and try to notice not only what the author says but how he or she says it. Also write a million crappy sentences before you write a few good ones.
Recently, I saw this book and it looks interesting: Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eats,_Shoots_&_Leaves). I'm thinking of getting it myself.