1. GraceLikePain

    GraceLikePain Senior Member

    Joined:
    Jun 23, 2020
    Messages:
    490
    Likes Received:
    506

    Rewrite the Sentence

    Discussion in 'Word games' started by GraceLikePain, Jul 5, 2020.

    Here's a fun game that is really good for developing descriptions. Basically, you take a sentence, and then rewrite it without using any of the important words.

    ex: "I lost my glasses yesterday."

    Don't use "lost", "glasses", or "yesterday."

    "I haven't been able to find my 'extra eyeballs' since the day before."

    It's fun. Really. So I'll post a sentence, and then the next person'll rewrite it and over up a new sentence.

    Ready?

    "Will we be eating tacos today?"

    No "will," "eating", "tacos", or "today."
     
    LitWhispers likes this.
  2. Earp

    Earp Contributor Contributor

    Joined:
    Jan 13, 2016
    Messages:
    4,507
    Likes Received:
    8,247
    Location:
    Just right of center.
    Can we expect to consume Mexican sandwiches before tomorrow?

    "I'll be driving across town this Thursday."

    No 'I'll', 'driving', 'town' or 'Thursday'.
     
    Dogberry's Watch likes this.
  3. Naomasa298

    Naomasa298 HP: 10/190 Status: Confused Contributor

    Joined:
    Sep 9, 2019
    Messages:
    5,345
    Likes Received:
    6,168
    Location:
    The White Rose county, UK
    The plan is to convey myself by car to the other side of this urban area after Wednesday and before Friday.

    "I want to be a paperback writer".

    No "I", "want", "to be", "paperback" or "writer". You can use "a".
     
    Last edited: Jul 5, 2020
  4. Dogberry's Watch

    Dogberry's Watch Contributor Contributor Contest Winner 2023 Contest Winner 2022

    Joined:
    Nov 26, 2019
    Messages:
    2,442
    Likes Received:
    5,829
    She knew in her heart the only way to tell her stories would be to price them at 14.99 or less.

    The man and his wife took a walk every day.

    Can't use man, wife, took, walk, or day.
     
    LitWhispers likes this.
  5. LitWhispers

    LitWhispers Member

    Joined:
    Jul 5, 2020
    Messages:
    36
    Likes Received:
    100
    Location:
    Right here, right now
    The heterosexual married couple left their residence to roam the outside world at the frequency of at least once per rotation of the Earth around its axis.

    They read parts from the Bible in class.
    Can't use "They," "read," parts," "Bible," and "class."
     
  6. Naomasa298

    Naomasa298 HP: 10/190 Status: Confused Contributor

    Joined:
    Sep 9, 2019
    Messages:
    5,345
    Likes Received:
    6,168
    Location:
    The White Rose county, UK
    The holy book of Christianity formed part of the literature required in their studies.

    My favourite MacDonald's meal is a quarter-pounder with cheese.

    Can't use "My", "favourite", "meal", "MacDonald's", "quarter-pounder", "cheese".
     
  7. GraceLikePain

    GraceLikePain Senior Member

    Joined:
    Jun 23, 2020
    Messages:
    490
    Likes Received:
    506
    I really, really like the Macca burger with a slice of cheddar.

    She couldn't find her high heels.

    No "couldn't", "find", or "high heels".
     
  8. Naomasa298

    Naomasa298 HP: 10/190 Status: Confused Contributor

    Joined:
    Sep 9, 2019
    Messages:
    5,345
    Likes Received:
    6,168
    Location:
    The White Rose county, UK
    She was unable to locate her stilettos.

    It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge.

    No "middle ground", "light", "shadow", "science", "superstition", "pit", "man's", "fears", "summit", "knowledge".
     
  9. Twisted Fate

    Twisted Fate Member

    Joined:
    Nov 26, 2020
    Messages:
    21
    Likes Received:
    14
     
  10. Twisted Fate

    Twisted Fate Member

    Joined:
    Nov 26, 2020
    Messages:
    21
    Likes Received:
    14
    It's Tuesday, are we having my favorite spicy Mexican food for lunch?
     
  11. alas it's atlas at last

    alas it's atlas at last New Member

    Joined:
    Jun 20, 2022
    Messages:
    3
    Likes Received:
    1
    Location:
    Hades' tea party
    Currently Reading::
    The Elite
    It is the combination of radiance and gloom, of today's truth and false beliefs, and it lies between the abyss of humanity's phobias and the apex of its certainties.

    I knew he was lying, but I couldn't bring myself to tell him I'd already found out the truth.
    Can't use lying, bring, tell, already, truth!
     
  12. Louanne Learning

    Louanne Learning Happy Wonderer Contributor Contest Winner 2023 Contest Winner 2022

    Joined:
    Jun 9, 2022
    Messages:
    5,665
    Likes Received:
    3,660
    Location:
    Canada
    I knew he was fabricating stories, but I couldn't gather the gumption to spill the beans to him that I'd, in a previous life, found out what was really going on.

    I was faced with the illusion, but embraced it over reality.

    Can't use faced, illusion, embraced, reality.
     
  13. Friedrich Kugelschreiber

    Friedrich Kugelschreiber marshmallow Contributor

    Joined:
    May 8, 2017
    Messages:
    4,744
    Likes Received:
    5,937
    I was deluded, but it felt better that way.



    Four-score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

    can't use fourscore, fathers, continent, bring forth, nation, conceived, dedicated, liberty, proposition, men, created, equal
     
    GrahamLewis likes this.
  14. alas it's atlas at last

    alas it's atlas at last New Member

    Joined:
    Jun 20, 2022
    Messages:
    3
    Likes Received:
    1
    Location:
    Hades' tea party
    Currently Reading::
    The Elite
    Eightyseven percent of a century ago, our patriarchs caused to exist upon this land a new state, founded on the enjoyment of rights and commited to the conviction that all dudes are put into the world one and the same.

    If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.
    can't use seeker, truth, necessary, life, doubt, possible, things
     
  15. Louanne Learning

    Louanne Learning Happy Wonderer Contributor Contest Winner 2023 Contest Winner 2022

    Joined:
    Jun 9, 2022
    Messages:
    5,665
    Likes Received:
    3,660
    Location:
    Canada
    If you would be a real aspirant of authenticity, it is essential that at least once during your time here, you question, as far as you might, all manifestations.

    The only corner of the universe you can control is yourself.

    Can't use corner, universe, control, yourself
     
  16. Thundair

    Thundair Contributor Contributor

    Joined:
    Jan 4, 2017
    Messages:
    1,345
    Likes Received:
    1,191
    Location:
    San Diego
    My id sways authority over my soul in this quadrant of the cosmos.

    I won't be popular if I'm not a victim.

    Don't use popular or victim.
     
    Louanne Learning likes this.
  17. Louanne Learning

    Louanne Learning Happy Wonderer Contributor Contest Winner 2023 Contest Winner 2022

    Joined:
    Jun 9, 2022
    Messages:
    5,665
    Likes Received:
    3,660
    Location:
    Canada
    I won't be the cat's meow if I'm not the cat's paw.

    We do not fear what we understand.

    Don't use fear or understand.
     
    Thundair and Jlivy3 like this.
  18. alas it's atlas at last

    alas it's atlas at last New Member

    Joined:
    Jun 20, 2022
    Messages:
    3
    Likes Received:
    1
    Location:
    Hades' tea party
    Currently Reading::
    The Elite
    You and i are not spooked by what we can comprehend.

    That's not a vacuum, that's my wife!
    don't use not, vacuum, wife.
     
  19. Louanne Learning

    Louanne Learning Happy Wonderer Contributor Contest Winner 2023 Contest Winner 2022

    Joined:
    Jun 9, 2022
    Messages:
    5,665
    Likes Received:
    3,660
    Location:
    Canada
    That's neither a preterition nor a pretermission, that's my spouse!

    Her eccentricity only made her more lovable.

    Don't use eccentricity, made, lovable
     
  20. Jlivy3

    Jlivy3 Active Member

    Joined:
    Jul 30, 2021
    Messages:
    113
    Likes Received:
    91
    Her unusual nature eliminated the possibility of anything other than completely adoring her.

    Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.

    Don't use walk, death, fear, evil
     
    Louanne Learning likes this.
  21. Louanne Learning

    Louanne Learning Happy Wonderer Contributor Contest Winner 2023 Contest Winner 2022

    Joined:
    Jun 9, 2022
    Messages:
    5,665
    Likes Received:
    3,660
    Location:
    Canada
    Though I perambulate through the valley of the shadow of denouement, I will dread no devilry.

    I will accept your apology if you are truly sorry.

    Don't use accept, apology, truly, sorry
     
  22. Cornelius Coburn

    Cornelius Coburn Senior Member

    Joined:
    Mar 25, 2022
    Messages:
    293
    Likes Received:
    73
    Location:
    Maine
    I shall forgive, but only if you are sincerely remorseful.

    Vista of valleys afar, beyond these bars I see.

    Don't use vista, valleys, afar, beyond, or bars.
     
    Louanne Learning likes this.
  23. Louanne Learning

    Louanne Learning Happy Wonderer Contributor Contest Winner 2023 Contest Winner 2022

    Joined:
    Jun 9, 2022
    Messages:
    5,665
    Likes Received:
    3,660
    Location:
    Canada
    Panorama of lowlands yonder, longways from the barricades I see.

    “The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.”

    ― Marcus Aurelius

    Don't use soul, dyed, colour, or thoughts
     
    Cornelius Coburn likes this.
  24. Cornelius Coburn

    Cornelius Coburn Senior Member

    Joined:
    Mar 25, 2022
    Messages:
    293
    Likes Received:
    73
    Location:
    Maine
    The spirit hath taken the hue of its mind.

    Absent of splendor this lowly abyss.

    Don't use absent, splendor, lowly, or abyss.
     
    Louanne Learning likes this.
  25. Louanne Learning

    Louanne Learning Happy Wonderer Contributor Contest Winner 2023 Contest Winner 2022

    Joined:
    Jun 9, 2022
    Messages:
    5,665
    Likes Received:
    3,660
    Location:
    Canada
    Devoid of magnificence, this deep hole.

    “No, no! The adventures first, explanations take such a dreadful time.”

    ― Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

    Don't use adventures, explanations, or dreadful
     

Share This Page

  1. This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
    By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.
    Dismiss Notice