Yes! There is and it's insanely simple. It's great. The trick is to basically cut the sentence after the "who" or "whom" and work "he" or "him" into the sentence. If "he" fits, then use "who", if it's "him" then use "whom". She and her also works. I just like to use he and him because of the mutual M's in him and whom.
Post-apocalyptic sci-fi haahhhh *drools* --I mean that's great!
I should probably take some editing classes. Ugggh, I'd rather self-teach myself how though. It sounds so boring. Extremely educational and useful, but boring.
Editing is really useful, but yes, also incredibly dry. If you're interested in teaching yourself some really handy editing/grammar tips, I suggest Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss. It's a very smart and funny guide book to punctuation. The only draw back is that it's British and will therefor have a few rules that don't apply to Canadian grammar and punctuation standards. But still, it's really great.
I'd loooove to read your post-apocalyptic fic when it's done. <3
And thanks for the recommendation! Grammar seems to be my weak spot when it comes to editing, so that sounds awesome. I need to pick myself up a little black book of grammar as well, methinks. It's great that you're so dedicated to your program though! I think you're well on your way to something there!
Sure! I'm really happy with it so far, so I would be glad to share it when I'm done.
Yeah, I think I really realised that I was suited to my program when my prof made a grammar joke and I laughed for a good five minutes. So here's to hoping that it keeps up. :)
Haha! I don't really have an opinion on scifi so I figured I would try it out. I'm honestly surprised how much work goes into it. I have a new respect for scifi writers.
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The trick is to basically cut the sentence after the "who" or "whom" and work "he" or "him" into the sentence. If "he" fits, then use "who", if it's "him" then use "whom".
She and her also works. I just like to use he and him because of the mutual M's in him and whom.
It works every single time. :D
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I should probably take some editing classes. Ugggh, I'd rather self-teach myself how though. It sounds so boring. Extremely educational and useful, but boring.
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Editing is really useful, but yes, also incredibly dry.
If you're interested in teaching yourself some really handy editing/grammar tips, I suggest Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss.
It's a very smart and funny guide book to punctuation. The only draw back is that it's British and will therefor have a few rules that don't apply to Canadian grammar and punctuation standards. But still, it's really great.
You can read a small excerpt here: http://www.bookbrowse.com/excerpts/index.cfm?book_number=1387
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And thanks for the recommendation! Grammar seems to be my weak spot when it comes to editing, so that sounds awesome. I need to pick myself up a little black book of grammar as well, methinks. It's great that you're so dedicated to your program though! I think you're well on your way to something there!
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Yeah, I think I really realised that I was suited to my program when my prof made a grammar joke and I laughed for a good five minutes.
So here's to hoping that it keeps up. :)
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I'm honestly surprised how much work goes into it. I have a new respect for scifi writers.
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