I'm very pro-author understanding grammar and making it work *for* them, not against them.
I agree completely. Well said.
Heh, on the English front, I also agree: I get a little eyebrow-archy when I see that The Chronicles of Narnia and Harry Potter are being rewritten for American kids... Because I think kids can be trusted a little more to ask questions or go find out the answers themselves, but even if they don't, it exposes them to other manners of thought and expression, which is good in and of itself. BUT. I also get that weird frown when I see something obviously set in the US but written in UK English, and vice versa. It's a notable disconnect for me in terms of reading versus writing.
But cliched phrasing? Yeah, better not to use it if you can help it. It just has little to no evocative power. Makes me itch to edit while I read, and I'm beginning to dislike that feeling...
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Date: 2012-05-19 06:16 pm (UTC)I agree completely. Well said.
Heh, on the English front, I also agree: I get a little eyebrow-archy when I see that The Chronicles of Narnia and Harry Potter are being rewritten for American kids... Because I think kids can be trusted a little more to ask questions or go find out the answers themselves, but even if they don't, it exposes them to other manners of thought and expression, which is good in and of itself. BUT. I also get that weird frown when I see something obviously set in the US but written in UK English, and vice versa. It's a notable disconnect for me in terms of reading versus writing.
But cliched phrasing? Yeah, better not to use it if you can help it. It just has little to no evocative power. Makes me itch to edit while I read, and I'm beginning to dislike that feeling...