tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1080048310531382107.post2638850740113964605..comments2024-03-10T01:10:10.966-08:00Comments on Diana Wilder ...about myself, by myself...: Run-On Sentences IllustratedDiana Wilderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074083771067857127noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1080048310531382107.post-4753780283252985882014-10-24T08:27:59.023-07:002014-10-24T08:27:59.023-07:00Amazing. And impressive for Hugo's ability to ...Amazing. And impressive for Hugo's ability to make a grammatically correct sentence and to find that many things to say about one man. As for the "say it in one breath" rule of sentence length, I don't believe even Stig Severinsen, a diver who held his breath for 22 minutes, could manage this one. Beth Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02447148196867821907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1080048310531382107.post-73101805471644125772014-10-22T19:35:56.294-07:002014-10-22T19:35:56.294-07:00Proust is fun along those lines, too, not so much ...Proust is fun along those lines, too, not so much with sentences as with paragraphs. There's one paragraph in Swann's Way that goes on for 28 pages.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739833215220853127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1080048310531382107.post-22035850029845600642014-10-22T12:51:05.297-07:002014-10-22T12:51:05.297-07:00That is exhausting to read! LOL I'm becoming...That is exhausting to read! LOL I'm becoming more and more fond of brevity, but not at the cost of clarity! Have a happy Wednesday, Diana!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1080048310531382107.post-672763145515378972014-10-22T11:40:33.551-07:002014-10-22T11:40:33.551-07:00My word! (Pardon the pun.) The copious use of the ...My word! (Pardon the pun.) The copious use of the semi-colon alone would send an editor to the madhouse, and the casual reader to the airport rack of 'modern prose.'<br />How you come up with these wonderful snippets, Diana, is always amazing and even more entertaining.Inge H. Borghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04235501820087500582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1080048310531382107.post-82132259621036545252014-10-21T14:15:09.153-07:002014-10-21T14:15:09.153-07:00My writing teacher once told me that my sentences ...My writing teacher once told me that my sentences were 'kaleidoscopic', in other words, were way too long! But never that long. It's a doozy!<br />Yvette Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17828265447361659310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1080048310531382107.post-66732418122245500272014-10-21T03:38:59.888-07:002014-10-21T03:38:59.888-07:00How fortunate we are that Victor Hugo didn't h...How fortunate we are that Victor Hugo didn't have a typewriter! His purple prose connected with your spacebar's editing assistance would have had me, at least, tearing out my hair! Diana Wilderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074083771067857127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1080048310531382107.post-37790138312311888422014-10-21T02:44:58.435-07:002014-10-21T02:44:58.435-07:00Good grief! How times have changed. On a related m...Good grief! How times have changed. On a related matter, I have an intermittent fault on my keyboard that makes my spacebar stick soIkeependingupwithreallylongwords.Julia Thorleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00485301135194085398noreply@blogger.com