tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916332485223671615.post8562835882823656115..comments2023-09-30T08:53:15.486-07:00Comments on Shelly Lowenkopf's Blog: Diagramming Sentenceslowenkopfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05198658136254028258noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916332485223671615.post-38776310898339234142008-07-15T22:02:00.000-07:002008-07-15T22:02:00.000-07:00Sara, that last paragraph has the energy of the be...Sara, that last paragraph has the energy of the beginning of an essay.lowenkopfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05198658136254028258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916332485223671615.post-30501978706907681232008-07-15T10:28:00.000-07:002008-07-15T10:28:00.000-07:00This is so well put - I love the metaphor. It's s...This is so well put - I love the metaphor. It's something I've been paying close attention to in reading and in my own writing. I'm constantly rearranging my train cars, putting the engine up front and then switching it to the middle to see how it feels there. <BR/><BR/>There are trains that ran past my childhood summer house that were over 120 cars long. Some had three engines and five cabooses. Sometimes that's how my sentences look, and sometimes that's how I like them!Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11130683449203785555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916332485223671615.post-30748688708085716272008-07-14T21:35:00.000-07:002008-07-14T21:35:00.000-07:00No, not strange to do without thinking, to be inst...No, not strange to do without thinking, to be instinct-driven as you approach something that means so much to you. Individual. But not strange.lowenkopfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05198658136254028258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916332485223671615.post-71064027585346483042008-07-14T11:31:00.000-07:002008-07-14T11:31:00.000-07:00I am utterly averse to the mechanics of language, ...I am utterly averse to the mechanics of language, strangely enough. I understand it, obviously, but it seems such a natural thing to me, that trying to explain it is like trying to explain why water is wet. It just is.<BR/><BR/>I'm strange. That's all there is to it.Wild Irishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06155848340128070251noreply@blogger.com