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- Sun May 22, 2005 9:28 am
- Forum: Grammar
- Topic: "Nor" or "Or"?
- Replies: 8
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- Sat May 21, 2005 11:16 pm
- Forum: Grammar
- Topic: "Nor" or "Or"?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 21383
- Sat May 21, 2005 9:36 pm
- Forum: Grammar
- Topic: "Nor" or "Or"?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 21383
- Sat May 21, 2005 6:33 pm
- Forum: Grammar
- Topic: "Nor" or "Or"?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 21383
- Sat May 21, 2005 12:42 pm
- Forum: Grammar
- Topic: "Nor" or "Or"?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 21383
"Nor" or "Or"?
Hi All, Here are three lines from a screenplay that I'm writing (two of screen direction and one of dialogue). 1) This window won’t budge nor break from the chair either. 2) Now the corridor door won’t open, and neither as it happens will the communicating door to the next-door room, nor the transom...
- Tue May 10, 2005 8:48 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: What's wrong with "Suddenly"?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 61780
- Tue May 10, 2005 1:25 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: What's wrong with "Suddenly"?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 61780
- Tue May 10, 2005 1:23 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: What's wrong with "Suddenly"?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 61780
- Tue May 10, 2005 9:28 am
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: What's wrong with "Suddenly"?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 61780
What's wrong with "Suddenly"?
In Elmore Leonard's recent NY Times article on writing, he gives his 10 rules for writers, condensed here: 1. Never open a book with weather. 2. Avoid prologues. 3. Never use a verb other than ''said'' to carry dialogue. 4. Never use an adverb to modify the verb ''said'' . . . 5. Keep your exclamati...