10th Grader: “A run-on sentence is a sentence without a period, and a sentence fragment is…is a…I have no idea.” [Looks defeated, ashamed.] Me: “So what makes a sentence a sentence?” 10th Grader: “I honestly have no idea.” Me: "You're in excellent company. Most adults I ask also cannot tell me."
English has a robust collection of words for writing. All of them have a bloodline that reveals both the physical and psychic work of writing.
I’m probably gonna cuss and stuff, and call out lies as lies, and thieves as thieves, as I’ve always done. There are no sacred cows here.
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