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It doesn't work. Staring at the ignition won't start the car unless you have telekinetic powers. Such sentences almost never make sense.
Writing well is rarely a matter of following rules.
Writing well is rarely a matter of following rules.
Staring at the ignition and starting the car is a fun exercise in telekinesis. I would be impressed.
Breaking the rules can be fun, too...
I familiarize myself with the rules and then decide on a case by case basis whether or not I want to flaunt them or not.
Writing well is seldom a matter of breaking the rules, either. If you do break a rule, you'd darned sure better know the rule inside out, and have a good reason for breaking it. Otherwise, you won't be writing well.
Okay, I give up in the face of all you scholars. Not beginning a sentence with an "ing" word is a rule . . . but so I can break, bend, and otherwise mutilate it, as well, please cite the grammar authority.
It doesn't work. Staring at the ignition won't start the car unless you have telekinetic powers. Such sentences almost never make sense.
Dunno. It depends a lot on voice.i could never figure out why someone would want to start out their story that way. there's so much to worry about getting right in the first sentence -- like: introducing your MC properly, defining a setting, making an impression on your reader? why go f&*# it up from the get-go with a fabricated, convoluted and fuzzy string of words starting with *ing?
(i'm feeling rather opinionated tonight. does it show?)
The ignition is a series of wires, relays, and switches. So what exactly was he looking at?
Dunno. It depends a lot on voice.
Killing my mother turned out not to be such a great idea after all.
The ignition switch, which is what you stick the key in.
How is the reader to know THAT is what he was staring at?
I know its just an example, but the writer still needs to be a little more specific of the subject...
Not beginning a sentence with an "ing" word is a rule
There are just writers who do it habitually and/or badly.
There is no such rule.
Giving advice about writing while sowing confusion about basic grammar is a bit tacky.Ok, thank you thothguard51.
Do you guys agree or disagree with this link?
http://aldora89.tumblr.com/post/36096974674/on-beginning-sentences-with-gerunds-stop-for-the
Do you guys agree or disagree with this link?
http://aldora89.tumblr.com/post/36096974674/on-beginning-sentences-with-gerunds-stop-for-the
Do you guys agree or disagree with this link?
I admit I am a rehabilitated participial phrase offender. Is this okay? "She paced back and forth under the awning over the entrance, gradually expanding her territory until she was walking the entire length of the block." Obviously once she's walking the entire length of the block, she's no longer under the awning at all times, so it's not completely simultaneous. But this doesn't seem glaringly wrong to me.