/lit/ - Literature

you should read this: http://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_polit/

your first and second sentences can be misinterpreted. It's not clear whether you want the 'quiet' to refer to the city centre.

third version probably shouldnt have the first comma, but then it becomes kinda long so idk.

fourth version of the sentence is either grammatically incorrect or simply very confusing to read, since it sounds like your second clause refers to the first.

fifth is fine. definitely the best one. i think 'on the outskirts' is more normal to say, although 'in the outskirts' should be correct too.

if there is the chance of ambiguity, occasional/occasionally should go directly in front of whatever it's affecting. this being /lit/, i give you an example by the DFW himself, using the operator 'only':

“I fed the dog.”

“Did you feed the parakeet?”

“I fed only the dog.”

“Did anyone else feed the dog?”

“Only I fed the dog.”

“Did you fondle/molest the dog?”

“I only fed the dog!”

for except/save/but i think you should just pick based on how easy it is to read and how many times you've used the word already

if you have multiple grammatically correct versions of the same sentence, then you should pick whichever is easiest to read, or whichever most emphasises what you want to emphasise. These are both very subjective.

for the sentence you wrote at the end, it depends what you mean to say. your first version of it implies that the dog jumped, then stopped, then barked; your second version implies the dog stopped mid-jump and barked at the same time i.e. he stopped/barked while jumping.

there are no catch-all basic rules, only guidelines. english is stupid.

or you could just ignore all this and get published anyway. people do it all the time.

Currently on a year out of university.

Work evenings at a store so I don't have to deal with customers.

Taking on some temporary Christmas work

Next year I'll earn a teaching qualification. After University I'll use it to get contracts teaching English abroad for a couple days a week. I'll have my accommodation paid for and earn a little bit on top, though not much. I'll be alone in a foreign country with a lot of time on my hands so I'll have the room to read and write all I want.

I like what Cormac McCarthy said about working hard at not working. I'm trying my hardest not to pin myself down to any career straight out of university. Karl Ove Knausgaard apparently gave himself until his 30th birthday to get published before he would get a regular 9-5 job, and I think that's good too, though McCarthy didn't get published until he was 32.

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ayy lmao

>tfw always already an ideological subject