Reviews for "A Yuletide Conversation"

Tue Jun 14, 2005 8:36 pm

What a revealing slice of life for Legolas' background and family. I enjoyed it very much. I would like to offer a couple of suggestions from my experience as a college writing tutor and copy editor.

Overall, your clarity would improve if you looked at punctuation again. Commas are especially dangerous little buggers since their omission (i.e. the first set of quote brackets) or over abundance can change the entire meaning of a sentence. Your first sentence would also benefit from a re-reading; it confused me for a moment.

A great website I have found and used often is:
www.dianahacker.com/rulesforwriters

This is an online guidebook for almost every writing rule one can think of, including punctuation and grammar. Many of my students found it helpful for quick answers while typing. I use it for my own work as well and it has saved my keister on more than one occasion. The book is also available through bookstores or Amazon.

I hope I have been both helpful and encouraging. I look forward to reading more of your submissions in the future. Thank you for this piece. Smile smiley face

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