See now that's where my issue lies - the sentences I'm referring to sound great (IMO) when read aloud but may require a double-take when read on...
wordsmith, thanks for your response and I totally agree. I'd like to pose the argument here for a second though on the analogues between...
minstrel, you were reading my mind. I can't help but think an audiobook is where I will end up with this. Douglas Adams is one of my inspirations,...
njwh, I am Australian and I totally understand where you are coming from. Without seeming too harsh to the country I love, Australia is a kind of...
Just wanted to ask what the general consensus is with this. I tend to write in intentionally long and verbose sentences, not unlike this one but...
sweet! thanks guys! Multiplex - that might be even better.
Cogito, in your example above I can see how 'light' modifies 'green' with the absence of a comma. But is it wrong to hyphenate in this instance to...
I wanted to use the word multiplicity as an adjective today yet discovered that form doesn't officially exist. Why is it that the similar word...
hey thanks everyone! That's all very helpful stuff.
I hope this is the right place to post this... I'm trying to position a character in a menial data entry job which isolates him from the rest...
Thanks Ian, that's actually how I had it originally but I added 'he though' to indicate that these were the opinions of the character. Not sure...
Separate names with a comma.