tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23140411.post6770029718671480353..comments2024-03-28T02:23:44.367-05:00Comments on Pacifist Viking: Thursday BlizzardPacifist Vikinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16630996018868040440noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23140411.post-54515841324791851002007-09-14T08:49:00.000-05:002007-09-14T08:49:00.000-05:00There's a place for all all styles, and if a style...There's a place for all all styles, and if a style is still clear and well-written, I like the variety. For example, Jackson has a very different writing style than a lot of mainstream sportswriters, but I get the impression it's deliberate. Jackson makes a deliberate (or is it unconscious? I think it's deliberate) choice about his writing voice. He goes with that, and once a reader reads a few of his columns, it's pretty easy to go with it.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes writers choose a different stylistic voice for overtly political reasons (to apply a little post-colonial theory, writers from marginalized, oppressed, or disenfranchised groups often deliberately defy the conventions of the "proper" language of the dominant group), sometimes it's for realism (to try make the writing sound like people talking), sometimes it's to connect to a particular audience, sometimes it's just a unique voice to a particular writer. That's all fine with me. It may not be considered "formal" (or, honestly, "academic": I'd probably address it in a student paper), but it certainly has a place. Good writing should be clear, and a "stylistic writer" can also be clear in a different style.<BR/><BR/>These are just my thoughts, anyway.Pacifist Vikinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16630996018868040440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23140411.post-15660865097659962422007-09-14T03:14:00.000-05:002007-09-14T03:14:00.000-05:00PV, since you're the grammar police of the blogosp...PV, since you're the grammar police of the blogosphere, I've often wondered about your thoughts about stylistic writers, i.e., those writers who deliberately and conscientiously flaunt "proper" grammar. I don't know if this is the best example, but the mainstream writer that comes to mind is Scoop Jackson. What do you think of writing in such a style or any other style (e.g. stream of consciousness). Do you unilaterally oppose slang, curses or text message shorthand such as "omg" or "lol"?The HCIChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17417163486828431486noreply@blogger.com