I'll work backwards. Yes, any of those "in the face of" substituteswould work (preferably the first one, "faced with..." -- but I'm going for the...
Back to my previous comment: I knew "daunt" could be used as a noun. I worked up an appetite looking it up, but now I can ease my mind and sit...
Hi, to "daunt" is an action meant to frighten, discourage, etc., which would work, but is it possible that in the context of the paragraph you...
Maverick, no, the present tense doesn't quite work, unless you want to write a First Reader. The first person perspective works for me when I...
Hi Richard; I'm not sure that I can add more to what those before me had to say, but I have some thoughts on the subject. I think as writers we...
Thanks Maia; unfortunately, I think I may have disrupted Ecksvic's thread, and I apologize to the author, and I hope she won't mind the...
Thank you, Sir. I'm glad you took care of that copyright violation matter. It is unfortunate that my own (4) reference handbooks/manuals failed...
Maia, thank you for your note. I can't argue what you are saying, for I rely on sources that may be correct or incorrect. I did look at our...
Hi; first of all, it is true that many contemporary novelists make little use of dashes; so that should forestall an objection coming from that...
Hi there; about the sentence: A nervous laugh escaped my lips. I wasn't sure whether it sounded like 'ha, yeah, you're right' or just 'ha, yeah...
Hi; I recall that the semicolon should be used only between elements of equal grammatical rank, or to add another related and complete...
Hi; I read that your character thinks in English but speaks with an accent as indicated in your own examples. Unless you saddle the character...
Separate names with a comma.
