minding the p's and q's
i have grown, over time, to register every element of writing - not only the words and the sentences, but the commas and semi-colons, the ellipsis and the apostrophes, punctuation in totality. i make a good proof-reader as i scrutinize writings with a hawk's eye, noting every use of every word, tending to strip all imaginable redundancies. the exercise is not purely logical, for i analyze the frequencies of words close together, the emotions a sentence conveys, how a sentence is made ruder, and ways to make it more pleasant. all this, incidentally, comes with natural ease.
in this obsession however, i wonder if i have not forgotten what it is to be spontaneous, to let it flow - as they say. does the how infringe upon the what? is something lost while something's gained?
unavoidably. but to what extent, i do not know. now must commence the process of writing for the feel, for the inner consciousness.
in this obsession however, i wonder if i have not forgotten what it is to be spontaneous, to let it flow - as they say. does the how infringe upon the what? is something lost while something's gained?
unavoidably. but to what extent, i do not know. now must commence the process of writing for the feel, for the inner consciousness.
3 comments:
speaking of apostrophes, i read the title to this post and couldn't figure out if your use of them was correct, since apostrophes for forming plurals is generally incorrect. it turns out that it's only accepted in one specific situation, which is the plural form of *lowercase* letters only (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe#Use_in_forming_certain_plurals). i guess it really does come to you with "natural ease." :)
i know what ellipsis is..correct me if i am wonr...ill really fish out w&m if i am...isnt it eating up chunks of sentences that are obvious to the listener?
an essential part of the spoken word i must say
waise...did your Zameer jagofy due to the itsy bitsy remark made by an ignorant observer...incidentally...this phrase turns out to be an oxymoron..ha
so much for the queen's language
amrith - incidentally, it did come naturally, but i'm sure i have thought about this before :). it bothers me when i feel forced to use the apostrophe even though i have a funny feeling i shouldn't need to... you know what i mean?
lanky - ellipsis is "...". google ka naam nahi suna kya? main kyon correct karun :P
and it wasn't my zameer... i did start thinking about it, and then posted the correction. did you see the connection between the two posts? :)
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