Fiction

CrispyQ

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1. Sentence fragments.

Thu Feb 9, 2023, 03:14 PM

Feb 2023

I've stopped reading books due to the number of sentence fragments. I don't mind an occasional fragment, to make a point, but when there are fragments throughout the manuscript it's jarring. Other grammatical errors, especially using the incorrect word, also bother me. I'm also not a big fan of present tense writing. The problem with dreams is that you know what's happening isn't really happening to the character.

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What Readers Hate Most in Books [View all] mainer Feb 2023 OP

Sentence fragments. CrispyQ Feb 2023 #1

Oh dear, I thought you really stopped reading books! vanlassie Feb 2023 #6

How do you feel about magical realism? old as dirt Feb 2023 #10

Not a fan ExWhoDoesntCare Apr 2023 #15

My biggest pet peeve are those writers Jerry2144 Feb 2023 #2

LOL ExWhoDoesntCare Apr 2023 #14

I had a class in college where the professor offered an automatic A to anyone who spotted a typo AZSkiffyGeek Feb 2023 #3

From a proofreading standpoint, it's so easy to miss typos mainer Feb 2023 #4

Is that a homonymphobia? Cartoonist Feb 2023 #5

As a former editor for an online publication ExWhoDoesntCare Apr 2023 #13

I am disturbed when I read a book where so many of the characters names are too seminar. Paper Roses Feb 2023 #7

Animals in the wrong place. Basic LA Feb 2023 #8

Anything I know not to be so pulls me right out of a book ExWhoDoesntCare Apr 2023 #16

Details unrelated to story. SheltieLover Feb 2023 #9

Many lay persons don't know the definition of a Lie Group. old as dirt Feb 2023 #11

Behold the manifold jokes of the mathematician :) getting old in mke Feb 2023 #12

My pet peeves can be summed up with ExWhoDoesntCare Apr 2023 #17