Comments on: MM: Persons of Interest http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/11/verb-person/ Using Grammar and Good Manners to Save the World Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:02:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Punctuality Rules! » Blog Archive » MM: Not Amateur Nouns http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/11/verb-person/comment-page-1/#comment-1230 Punctuality Rules! » Blog Archive » MM: Not Amateur Nouns Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:33:36 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/11/verb-person/#comment-1230 [...] right? So I’ll just be going … What? You want more infomation? Happy to! We’ve talked about “person” as regards verbs. We’ve even discussed the Objective case. So today, we’ll talk about pronouns’ [...] [...] right? So I’ll just be going … What? You want more infomation? Happy to! We’ve talked about “person” as regards verbs. We’ve even discussed the Objective case. So today, we’ll talk about pronouns’ [...]

]]> By: Punctuality Rules! » Blog Archive » MM: Hearing Voices http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/11/verb-person/comment-page-1/#comment-1128 Punctuality Rules! » Blog Archive » MM: Hearing Voices Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:22:13 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/11/verb-person/#comment-1128 [...] week, we briefly discussed the different verb “persons,” but this is important in writing and warrants some extra [...] [...] week, we briefly discussed the different verb “persons,” but this is important in writing and warrants some extra [...]

]]> By: --Deb http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/11/verb-person/comment-page-1/#comment-1107 --Deb Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:39:44 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/11/verb-person/#comment-1107 I entirely agree about second-person. Useful for speeches and such, but ... who wants to be told what to do for the length of an entire book? (And, actually, the point-of-view aspect of verb persons is coming up in another post. I just have to write it first!) <em>--Deb's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PunctualityRules/~3/362216375/' rel="nofollow">MM: Persons of Interest</a></em> I entirely agree about second-person. Useful for speeches and such, but … who wants to be told what to do for the length of an entire book?

(And, actually, the point-of-view aspect of verb persons is coming up in another post. I just have to write it first!)

–Deb’s last blog post..MM: Persons of Interest

]]> By: Melissa Donovan http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/11/verb-person/comment-page-1/#comment-1105 Melissa Donovan Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:20:37 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/11/verb-person/#comment-1105 I've always had a penchant for novels written in first person. Third person is okay too, but long works in second person -- not so fun to read! <em>Melissa Donovan's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WritingForward/~3/359239116/a-story-for-a-song' rel="nofollow">A Story for a Song</a></em> I’ve always had a penchant for novels written in first person. Third person is okay too, but long works in second person — not so fun to read!

Melissa Donovan’s last blog post..A Story for a Song

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