It looks like it's an acceptable usage: [link]
I gave her everything... jewels, beautiful dresses -- with beautiful girls in them.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
The Great Write Way, Chapter Two: Twice upon a time...
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Topic!Cindy - Jun 21, 2005 7:03:57 am PDT #2862 of 10001
What is even happening?
Topic!Cindy - Jun 21, 2005 7:04:25 am PDT #2863 of 10001
What is even happening?
I'm not sure 'an acceptable usage" is an acceptable usage, though. Ugh. Brain fogged.
deborah grabien - Jun 21, 2005 7:07:24 am PDT #2864 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Heh. Cindy, I think all usages are acceptable, basically. I'm very Humpty Dumpty when it comes to that.
I just hadn't heard it before, and one of the cool things about everyone's work in here has been the new ways a word or a turn of phrase gets used in different parts of this country.
Connie Neil - Jun 21, 2005 7:41:03 am PDT #2865 of 10001
brillig
I've seen it used a lot in this sort of situation, "It grieves me to tell you X" or "You know how it grieves me when you act this way." I always thought it was a Britishism. I do know it's used in formal-type situations.
Heck, it's in a song I love, "And it'll grieve me so to" something or "And it grieves me so to" something.
sfmarty - Jun 21, 2005 7:44:53 am PDT #2866 of 10001
Who? moi??
Say you're sitting high atop Writers' Mountain, being the guru. Students of writing toil up the hillside, to ask you for the One True Pearl of Wisdom that will shine the glow of enlightment on their labours.
One line, and one line only. Distill, please. What would you tell them?
Sorry I am late to this.
Don't edit until the story is done.
deborah grabien - Jun 21, 2005 7:45:38 am PDT #2867 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
connie, that's what I meant - not sure of how to phrase what looked different. Let me try for examples, instead.
"I mourn my dead love. I mourn for my dead love. I grieve for my dead love."
IOW, I've seen "mourn" used both ways, but never seen "grieve" used without something to qualify it.
Crap. No access to memory bank sections dealing with linguistic architecture terminoloy this morning. Send donuts.
deborah grabien - Jun 21, 2005 7:46:40 am PDT #2868 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Don't edit until the story is done.
That was Betsy's advice: write first, edit after.
I don't actually work that way - I edit as I work. But that's just my process, and it's why I find everyone else's fascinating.
Connie Neil - Jun 21, 2005 7:48:04 am PDT #2869 of 10001
brillig
I wonder if "it grieves me" is a Southern thing.
sfmarty - Jun 21, 2005 7:48:18 am PDT #2870 of 10001
Who? moi??
A friend of mine has been writing a story for years. She edits and edits and edits. I suspect she is still on chapter one.
Amy - Jun 21, 2005 7:50:11 am PDT #2871 of 10001
Because books.
I also edit as I go, but it helps get me back into the story the next day. I read previous day's work, edit and polish, and then start the new stuff. Works for me.
I've heard "it grieves me", connie.