ah there IS one thing that's not right, you said that there are about 988,968 words in English, and well, I would explain myself why I don't agree with that staitment, but seriously I am right now too lazy to do it, so I'll give you a link and you can read it yourself if you want.
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Well I just finished reading them all, and now you reminded me of the fact that I wanted to read Tolstoy for ages, thought I'll have to read Dostoevsky first :) And then I am thinking maybe I really should read it in Russian, would help me finally to learn to actually write correctly in that damn language...sigh...
Anyways, this last chapter was good, I like the way you explain those things, hah, I love it when people know how to use just the right amount of sarcasm, makes me smile :)
keep it up

ani

ah, this is fantastic, finally someone else who gets annoyed by these things, I mean my English is anything but perfect, but then again, it's not my first language (4rth actually), and that's why I am not going to submit anything on here until I am more confident about it (and until I finally overcome my laziness and actually finish at least one story). But yeah, I am gonna go read the other chapters
bye

I totally agree with this chapter. There are so many cliched characters on fp!! I wish people would come up with original complex characters! I like the example you gave with the emo girl and the happy-go-lucky one. Its soo true. I've thought of many of the same things as you while reading different stories... but its nice to actually read them in specific words. It makes my thoughts seem more concrete.

It makes me glad to find another person who's gotten a bit irritated with online fiction as well.

Ok,so I was reading your story because I was bored and I noticed that you put flames in apostrophes like 'this'. So... you obviously don't believe in them and aren't expecting any. So... I'll send you one. You're probably annoyed at me now for over-using the word so. You're that kind of person, I can tell. Pedantic and self-obsessed and full of pride for a language that you stole off the British anyway. If you think I'm being completely unreasonable, so are you by writing this "story"(proper way of typing inverted commas). Online fiction is cool, you're not, and you know it.

P.S. : You should be an English teacher. :)

*Indy#

I love the word "defenestrate." We should use that word more often. Yes, we should. (And I even learned it off of Dictionary[dot]com's WOTD. =D)

Thank God you're writing this. You make several valid points.

Thank you for explaining the difference between 'than' and 'then', that's the one word I could never get anyone to explain clearly.

It might also be worthwhile to point out that while "said" grates on the nerves if used too often, it's equally jarring when a writer never uses the word "said," but instead looks as though they opened the thesaurus to the appropriate page, closed their eyes, stabbed at it with their finger, and picked whatever word they happened to land on. Honestly, in that case, I'd almost rather they used "said," than some obscure word they have no idea how to use correctly.

Regarding this particular aspect of the rant itself . . . this belongs more in the essay section than the general section (it's not general fiction; it is more like an essay), and while I did not particularly like your last two updates, this one I could agree with. The topics of your "rants" are getting better, and the rants themselves are becoming more structured and easier to agree with. Keep it up.

RhymeZone is awesome! lol

Eh, you can usually judge by the summary whether or not the story is going to suck, and you can read the reviews, too, and determine if it's worth reading.

But I suppose that would be logical, and what is the internet for, if not illogic? Continue with the rant, by all means . . . but I do feel the need to point out that writing is not "literally pointless" if it doesn't make sense; stream-of-consciousness exists for a reason.

M. I finally read it, and I love you.

To be perfectly honest, your list of tenses looks a lot (YES, TWO WORDS-) like the right side of my French "Tableau de temps." I just thought you should know.

I like it, I might actually be sending people here to learn a few things. As you explain things very simply. I really liked what you said about 'then' and 'than' as this is something I really get annoyed with...which mainly comes from the fact that this is the one things that I didn't know as a younger writer. But once I did learn it, I was sure to keep on top of it. Anyway...good work.

~Quickfingers~

P.S. I hope this doesn't keep you from write for "Heart on the Fang", as this is my favorite online reading, since you ended "Fear Not the Wolves"...*cough*hint*cough*

I agree with you. Reading something written in wrong grammer just is asking for someone to come and attack their work with a red pen. I work on the school newspaper and find LOTS of errors from the grades above me...and I hate it. I am not saying that I have no grammer issues, because I do. For instance, in one of my papers written for school the topic was about slavery. Becasue I was too tired to go over my work, I noticed that all of the words meant to be "slave" ended up being "salve." (What an embarassing moment!) So, I totally agree with what you are saying about grammer.

I love that someone is taking a stand to try to remedy the cringe worthy stories I have only read a few paragraphs through. One topic I suggest mentioning has to do with they're there and their. I can't tell you how many times I've read "their going..." or "they're dog ate..." Incredibly sad. Anyway, I will continue to read and, most likely, wholeheartedly agree with you.