tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post206600369169750147..comments2023-03-23T04:24:49.048-04:00Comments on The Ear's Mind: Swell adjectives, and books that fiercely burnJesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03251196964275450121noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-7006432471183637432008-09-24T21:52:00.000-04:002008-09-24T21:52:00.000-04:00I actually don't have Strunk & White. I a...I actually don't have Strunk & White. I almost picked it up the other day at Borders, but I had too many other items to justify it. I do, however, have about four editions of the Chicago Manual of Style. Required reading for editorial assistants, I'm afraid. :(<BR/><BR/><I>"Rather, I sense that it's not a book aimed at all writers; . . . "</I><BR/><BR/>I agree. That's probably Jennifer Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12628371104827804570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-10974944244301103782008-08-12T10:05:00.000-04:002008-08-12T10:05:00.000-04:00Everybody has Strunk & White! And none of us ...Everybody has Strunk & White! And none of us read it. :D I like it, though-- it's lighter and more friendly than a copy of the <I>Chicago Manual of Style.</I><BR/><BR/>Ha ha! <A HREF="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qSR9P616VCA" REL="nofollow">You ain't seen nothin' yet</A>.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251196964275450121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-35770372001233386002008-08-12T02:42:00.000-04:002008-08-12T02:42:00.000-04:00eeee hee... I have a Strunk and White too (but I d...eeee hee... I have a Strunk and White too (but I don't refer to it very often)<BR/><BR/>that link to sesame street may well have just broken my brain.Rubiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12489017422221346200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-63459148492315886222008-08-11T09:44:00.000-04:002008-08-11T09:44:00.000-04:00That's a piece of my childhood, right there, deliv...That's a piece of my childhood, right there, delivered straight to your brain through the Magic of Internets! \o/Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251196964275450121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-19002371449040559772008-08-11T09:04:00.000-04:002008-08-11T09:04:00.000-04:00Zany!Zany!spacedlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462723005560128474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-34477149687027334122008-08-11T08:51:00.000-04:002008-08-11T08:51:00.000-04:00Yepyepyepyepyep. Uh-huh. Uh-huh.<A HREF="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4qxWGr8VhzQ" REL="nofollow">Yepyepyepyepyep. Uh-huh. Uh-huh.</A>Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251196964275450121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-21017723199981933702008-08-11T08:41:00.000-04:002008-08-11T08:41:00.000-04:00Yup.Yup.spacedlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462723005560128474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-12675857115385443842008-08-11T08:40:00.000-04:002008-08-11T08:40:00.000-04:00Oh, that's right! That's Saare-Snowqueen, isn't i...Oh, that's right! That's Saare-Snowqueen, isn't it? The writer-and-chef living in Estonia? I always thought she had a fascinating background-- there's a book in it. :)Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251196964275450121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-9803029915143964972008-08-11T08:01:00.000-04:002008-08-11T08:01:00.000-04:00On my LJ or Blogger.Meet MarthaOn my LJ or Blogger.<BR/>Meet <A HREF="http://radicchiodiaries.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Martha</A>spacedlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462723005560128474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-27987489508119235672008-08-11T07:50:00.000-04:002008-08-11T07:50:00.000-04:00I think she's right (and I should have said that i...I think she's right (and I should have said that it's a modifier in the phrase "clouding over" rather than a qualifier, by the way)-- it's expressing the manner of clouding, so it'd be an adverb. (Can I say that-- "manner of clouding"? Too late. I just did. Gah, it's too early for this... ;P ) "Over" can be used as as adjective, but it most commonly appears as a preposition or an adverb.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251196964275450121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-71600229615737362582008-08-11T00:48:00.000-04:002008-08-11T00:48:00.000-04:00Well Martha thought it might act as adverb...Well Martha thought it might act as adverb...spacedlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462723005560128474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-2369449934905006192008-08-10T22:17:00.000-04:002008-08-10T22:17:00.000-04:00That's Strunk and WHITE. Argh.That's <I>Strunk and WHITE</I>. Argh.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251196964275450121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-62371392058167142472008-08-10T19:18:00.000-04:002008-08-10T19:18:00.000-04:00I don't think it is (though I haven't actually got...I don't think it is (though I haven't actually got <I>Strunk and Wite</I> handy). "Over" is a qualifier-- it assigns a condition to the verb "clouding"-- but I wouldn't say that makes it an adjective, because it isn't necessarily a word which describes "clouding".<BR/><BR/>Anyone else out there have any idea?Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251196964275450121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-29509684919164746802008-08-10T11:20:00.000-04:002008-08-10T11:20:00.000-04:00Of course I could not really manage the full delet...Of course I could not really manage the full deletion of adjectives or adverbs but compared to the usual flurry I go through, this isn't too bad.<BR/>I was told that "over" from clouding over is an adjective. This feels strange. Could you confirm?spacedlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462723005560128474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-91231212286336717962008-08-10T11:17:00.000-04:002008-08-10T11:17:00.000-04:00Woohoo! \o/ That's excellent stuff, Nathalie! V...Woohoo! \o/ That's excellent stuff, Nathalie! Very lively narration and wonderfully precise detail. <BR/><BR/>Noted: no deletion tantrums. :DJesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251196964275450121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-37411283454076741932008-08-10T05:06:00.000-04:002008-08-10T05:06:00.000-04:00Crumbs. and I have just noted some Jedi typos...Ho...Crumbs. and I have just noted some Jedi typos...<BR/>How annoying.spacedlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462723005560128474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-78941483986588705402008-08-10T05:05:00.000-04:002008-08-10T05:05:00.000-04:00I just had to try this but cheated as well (also b...I just had to try this but cheated as well (also because I actually ENJOY cheating thus).<BR/><BR/><I>She stares into the glass and under her scrutiny the liquids clouds over. Not that her staring has anything to do with the process: her companion has been dripping water over a lump of sugar hung above her glass by a sieve-like spoon, thus transforming the emerald into an opal in a feat of magic spacedlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462723005560128474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-75926860025544972162008-08-09T08:38:00.000-04:002008-08-09T08:38:00.000-04:00Well, sort of, depending how you go about it. Le ...Well, sort of, depending how you go about it. Le Guin says this about it:<BR/><BR/><I>If the quality of the adverb indicates can be put in the verb itself (they ran quickly = they raced) or the quality of the adjective indicates can be put in the noun itself (a growling voice = a growl) the prose will be cleaner, more intense, more vivid.</I><BR/><BR/>...but in the case of my paragraph I Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251196964275450121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-83877547547842774512008-08-09T03:12:00.000-04:002008-08-09T03:12:00.000-04:00Great exercise! I so have to try this! But isn't t...Great exercise! I so have to try this! <BR/>But isn't the use of verbs ending in "ing" (not sure what the term is for those) as adjective something of a cheat?spacedlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462723005560128474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-21622142875237028412008-08-08T21:22:00.000-04:002008-08-08T21:22:00.000-04:00Hurrah, it's the Goldfish! :) I hope the Holiday...Hurrah, it's the Goldfish! :) I hope the Holiday's treating you well. I love that line! If I had a description line in my header, I'd be tempted to use that. :D<BR/><BR/>I don't want to give the impression that Ueland's book is one of those "Release the Inner You!" things by any stretch-- it's a very intelligent argument in favor of art and its pursuit. She's also got some interesting ideasJesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251196964275450121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-75991321121538070722008-08-08T16:07:00.000-04:002008-08-08T16:07:00.000-04:00It is so great to see this stuff pouring out of yo...It is so great to see this stuff pouring out of you - I shall have to see if I can track down this LeGuin book over here. I have found very few books about writing helpful. I tend to find them either like the Ueland book or else extremely prescriptive about method and style - basically where the author attempts to coach you to write <I>just like them</I>.<BR/><BR/>I remember a line in <I>Old The Goldfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15213378454070776331noreply@blogger.com