Understand Proper English Like What I talk Seventh revision. Includes some suggestions and requests by readers from all over the place. More demented ravings by The Wanderer (with some help from readers and friends). A note and disclaimer by The Wanderer. The original synopsis for this document, it plainly said "English as The Wanderer writes it" if...
English 101 is brought to you by Lindiana, who holds her Bachelor of Science Degree in Secondary Education/English. * You can use two terms, subject and predicate, to describe most sentences. However, there are other names and functions of important sentence elements at your disposal. We will review those elements. Subject and Predicate A sentence consis...
"Uncle Stuart, are you saying the Irish were involved in the fighting as well?" Tom asked him. "Aye Tom, the Irish in question were the relatives of Laird Hamish MacDonnell, as well as descendants of the MacDonald's. They had a few castles on the north-east coast, one called Kinbane Castle, which means 'White Headlands', because of the white limestone of th...
When anyone decides to read or write Japanese Poetry a common thread in many of their forms quickly becomes apparent. Many are familiar with the basic form of haiku and in an earlier discussion I outlined the basic form for the tanka. These two forms of Japanese Poems follow a basic syllabic form using lines of 5 and 7 onji (part of Japanese speech approxi...
The act of assigning titles is very confusing but if you are writing an historical period piece, it's extremely important to know who is what. Let's begin! ROYALTY Of course, England is the seat of the monarchy and its highest title is King or Queen. At this time, Queen Elizabeth reigns supreme over England, Ireland, Wales and several other English commonw...
My parents divorced when I was 6. I was brought up by my dad, and I did not make it easy for him. I was the classic product of a broken home, as we used to say. I became a chronic bed wetter, meaning my dad had to wash all the sheets and bedclothes most days - and this was before many people had washing machines. He took them to a launderette. Why he didn'...
Author Note: Hi, this is the beginning of a potentially very long story. There is no sex in this chapter but there will be sex coming soon. Also you are not likely to find extensive character descriptions, just hints and little features, there will be no cup sizes, nor back-story info-dumps. Details come across as the story calls for them, not in bulk. Unl...
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The colour of milk and candy canes, pale skinned with full cherry lips. That sprinkling of taupe freckles used to accentuate her emotions. With one simple look, bright angelica eyes conveyed a thousand words. The lilt of her accent embellished the story further; expressive hands flexed their sinews. Laughing, her luscious bosom quivered, squeezed tight in a...
All characters 18+ * It had only been a few days since I put the ad on Craigslist. "SWM seeks F vamp to receive blood donation in private setting. Possible repeat." I was expecting an email, but she skipped straight to ringing my doorbell 30 minutes after sunset on Friday night. "I'm Alva," she said. "I saw your Craigslist ad." She didn't seem nervous or...