tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2105799931107229707.post3066134376268453358..comments2024-03-07T03:09:25.987-06:00Comments on Unlikely Otaku: Other Favorite First LinesStephanie Barrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17772217449161603561noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2105799931107229707.post-24787236913082022172010-03-16T09:45:15.924-05:002010-03-16T09:45:15.924-05:00Oh, the Mother, I've written a 270 word senten...Oh, the Mother, I've written a 270 word sentence that floored my teacher because it wasn't a run-on, was in fact a mixture of phrases and clauses. Gotta love those compound complex sentences. When I was going to high school, in the dark ages, sentences were limited to a single "and" between predicate clauses and, preferably, two predicate clauses. <br /><br />Admittedly, though, grammar was ages ago and grammar is not a static topic.<br /><br />There were far more sentence fragments in my first lines than run-ons, admittedly.<br /><br />I should also add that, though these all count as favorite books, I don't think I could have named all but the bonus based on that first line. OK, maybe 1, 3, 6, & 8, mostly because of names I'd recognize.<br /><br />I'm surprised how little the first line of a book matters to me.Stephanie Barrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772217449161603561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2105799931107229707.post-71837432825061000812010-03-16T09:43:42.702-05:002010-03-16T09:43:42.702-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Stephanie Barrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772217449161603561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2105799931107229707.post-90613964444595089942010-03-16T08:38:17.682-05:002010-03-16T08:38:17.682-05:00None. I know NONE.
Wow.
I will point out that, ...None. I know NONE.<br /><br />Wow. <br /><br />I will point out that, although #2 is a sentence fragment, #4 is not technically a run-on sentence, since it is properly configured (with conjunctions between the statements).<br /><br />There are some paragraph (dare I say page) length sentences in Faulkner that are not run-ons, since they are impeccably punctuated. Just really, really (really) long.The Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15157821003454766570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2105799931107229707.post-27197157115445054412010-03-15T23:10:34.333-05:002010-03-15T23:10:34.333-05:00I did, in fact, know that, Roy. I LOVED Shogun and...I did, in fact, know that, Roy. I LOVED Shogun and read it voraciously. I had a huge interest in Japanese history as a result that spilled over into China and India afterwards.Stephanie Barrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772217449161603561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2105799931107229707.post-8694064296943286712010-03-15T22:57:16.250-05:002010-03-15T22:57:16.250-05:00The only one I recognize is #4, which is the openi...The only one I recognize is #4, which is the opening line in <i>Shogun</i>. And di you know that John Blackthorne was based on a real person, one Will Adams, who was the English pilot of a Dutch boat that grounded in Japan? Yup, Will really was the first Englishman to arrive in Japan, and he really did manage to broker a trade relationship between Queen Elizabeth ! and the Tokugawa shogunate. Heh, heh! Yeah, i really am that much of a history geek.Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01648670975466222140noreply@blogger.com