Guina Ex Member Shortening Sep 14th, 2010 at 9:01am Print Post Hi, how do you hold it? If you write narrative (as opposed to dialogue or thought), but from the POV of the character, do you shorten (I mean "wouldn't" instead of "would not" or "doesn't" instead of "does not") or not? And why the one or the other? Or do you mix? And what is your purely grammatical take on that? I ask because I see quite some shortening done within the narrative lately (here and elsewhere) and to me it is a distinct no-no-never-ever. IP Logged
MkIXHawk Captain Offline We need to defend ourselves... Posts: 175 Location: Kent Re: Shortening Reply #1 - Sep 14th, 2010 at 9:09am Print Post Depends on the context; if it's within dialogue and would be correct for the speech, then go with it. If it's a more formal piece of prose (for example a report) , then it's not really acceptable WWW IP Logged
Guina Ex Member Re: Shortening Reply #2 - Sep 15th, 2010 at 2:58am Print Post Hi, thanks for the input - so I am not being hopelessly old-fashioned there IP Logged
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