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Rosana Francescato's avatar

Love your illustration of the rules in your writing! As someone who routinely puts prepositions at the ends of sentences and splits infinitives — and uses the word "abomination," particularly when referring to the TV show "based on" the Little House on the Prairie books — I can relate to your dad.

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Phoebe Wagner's avatar

Never end a sentence with a preposition!

Oh yeah?

What did you bring that book that I don't want to be read to from out of about Down Under up for?

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Dora Truong's avatar

Good point on science fiction. Ever read William Gibson?

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Noah Elbers's avatar

I simultaneously feel admonished and liberated by reading this. Having never written an essay in school that could hold up to anyone's scrutiny, and skipping college entirely, I tend to give myself a pass on the grammatical abominations in my writing, but at the same time, like walking into an immaculately appointed and curated home, I know when I'm reading something genuinely crafted by the author, and as you say here, done so with an invitation to the reader to join them on the page. With that said, I need to read more and write less, keep fighting the good fight David.

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