Articles, pronouns: when to keep 'em, when to ax 'em?
Up on the Poetry board, Toni made a suggestion that I make a poem leaner by cutting articles and pronouns. I found myself wondering about that, because one of my own ingrained crit-board habits is to...
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Maryann, There's probably no easy answer, or one that's generally applicable. I very much agree with you that sometimes when articles are left out, we're left with Tonto-speak. And I'm sure not...
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Maryann, I think it's a case-by-case decision but generally dislike an abundance of articles (and conjunctions!)--I attack them with a red pen in my own work, then find more infiltrators months later....
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She the he, and he the she; still they loved. But these sorts of lines don't happen often. As always: just be judicious.
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