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>I couldn't believe my eyes

>> No.11360020

Anything with the word “Devoured”.
Anything with an exclamation point.

>> No.11360024

>>11360020
>Her pussy devoured my cum!

>> No.11360035

>>11360020
>not allowed express passion
You are absolutely right about devour though.

>> No.11360179

>>11359977
>x was all but y(ing)
To mean it was exactly doing that and the all but is just retarded superfluity

>> No.11360190

>>11359977
What does it mean I don't feel like me these days?

>> No.11360679

>>11359977
literally, suddenly anything..

>> No.11360828

>>11359977
>he stretched his legs

>> No.11360842

>>11359977
>she was no more or less than 18 years old

>> No.11360865

>>11360842
is this ever used outside of smut?

>> No.11360866

>>11359977
>it’s not because you’re a woman

>> No.11360900

>>11360842
/lit examples for these kinds of phrases? :)

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>>11360865
>>11360900

>> No.11360932

>>11360828
yes!

>> No.11360937

>in the long run

>> No.11360940

>>11359977
It was a dark and stormy night.

>> No.11360949

>>11359977
>It is a question as to whether or not it may or may not be possible if you consider that, notwithstanding everything else that has led up to this moment, the very essence of what encapsulates or, if I may, essentially describes what exactly is happening, is the fact that his member is leaking.

>> No.11360956

>>11360940
In all seriousness why is this considered bad when the syntactically and functionally similar "It was a bright, cold day in April and the clocks were striking thirteen" is considered a 10/10 opening line? Both do little more than describe the setting.

>> No.11360961

>>11360024
>Her cum devoured my pussy!

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> finely sculpted nostrils

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>at the end of the day

>> No.11360982

>and but so

>> No.11361000

> and so on
> So it goes
> It was very human of him

>> No.11361218

Referring to characters by hair color for no reason except variety.
>... said the blonde.

>> No.11361228

>>11361218
I'd love for an author to refer to characters just by dick size.

"The moment before sunset feels unreal to me, like I'm drifting between words," said the thick and turgid five-incher.

"Every moment feels dreamlike with you, bro," replied his needle-like seven inch companion.

>> No.11361244

>>11360956
Because it's a cliche

>> No.11361255

>the

>> No.11361288

>>11359977
Well depends. Could work in cyberpunk when the hero realizes that EvliCorporation(TM) was inserting/deleting info from his implanted bionic eyes.
Alternatively in some Terry Pratchett book, there might be moment when hero’s eyes gain self awareness and start speaking lies or playing pranks on him.

>> No.11361293

>>11360937

>there's still time to change the road you're on...

>> No.11361685

>>11361244
It's a cliche but it hasn't been used sincerely since the 19th century.
Fucked up if you ask me.

>> No.11361695

>a smooth operator operating correctly

>> No.11361704

>hitherto

>> No.11361707

>>11361255
isn't "the" one of the most used words in the english language? how the fuck do you avoid using it?

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>whimsically

>> No.11361711

>>11360828
“no!”

>> No.11361712

>that that that that that that he had had had had that that though he had that

>> No.11361727

>>11360179
> To mean it was exactly doing that
Except it means the complete opposite of that; it means to do everything except the following thing.

>>11361000
> and so on
Completely fine and useful.

>> No.11361737

Is there an actual instance where the phrase “and one thing led to another” was used in a book unironically? It’s one of the shittiest cop outs in oral story telling and I’m sure some ass hat wrote it in a written work.

>> No.11361739

>>11361685
It was played straight as the first line in A Wrinkle In Time, so its more recent than that.

also

>the novel begins with a character waking up

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>>11361739
All of these posts were by me, by the way

>> No.11361765

>>11361754
Hang yourself from the nearest tree, please. You fucking moron.

>> No.11361799

>>11361765
me too btw

>> No.11361811

>pheromones

>> No.11362006

>>11360956
>It was a bright, cold day in April and the clocks were striking thirteen" is considered a 10/10 opening line?
It is?

>> No.11362009

>>11359977
>If ten million fireflies

>> No.11362409

>>11360179
>>11361727
it's amazing how non-native speakers have trouble with that one

>> No.11362487

>>11361737
You'll probably find it in some character's dialogue

>> No.11362497

>>11360828
"Based!"

>> No.11362504

>>11359977
>He rubbed the sleep off of his eyes

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>>11361704

>> No.11362534

>>11361737
You're an embarrassment.

>> No.11362541

>>11359977
>the fact that

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>>11359977
>He had had to to

>> No.11362589

>>11359977
>see the child

>> No.11362631

>>11362553
Leave DFW alone, you dumb!

>> No.11362634

>>11359977
If 5000 fire flys

>> No.11362654

Most of these don't piss me off if it is dialogue. Any other instance makes me mad.

>> No.11362707

>>11362634
Fuck you I like that song

>> No.11362716

>>11360842
to be fair that is a completely understandable thing to say on trial

>> No.11362717

>>11360020
hate this exclamation point meme. they're important in many contexts. are you saying you can't use one if its being read from a newspaper or a poster? if its merely emphatic dialogue? yelling?

>> No.11362823

another anglocuck thread

>> No.11362831

>>11362823
Aren’t you being cucked because we’re not speaking you’re language?

>> No.11362860

>>11362409
I think he means when someone uses it incorrectly. For example:

>The dinosaurs, now all but extinct, were famous for their bulbous genetailia.

the dinosaurs are currently extinct, not "everything BUT extinct". I think this mistake slides under the radar quite a lot.

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>>11362860
how could someone fuck that up

>> No.11362896

>>11362871
Idk but I get the same irritation when people use

>I could care less
>I couldn't care less

for the same fucking meaning.

>> No.11362904

>so basically

>> No.11362910

>>11362896
I could care more or less more or less

>> No.11362943

>>11362896
isnt it just americans that say "i could care less"
how do they not see that i means the opposite of what theyre trying to say

>> No.11362952

>>11362904
*punches (You)*

>> No.11363099

>>11362943
I think, as a spoken phrase, they mean the same thing (I DONT CARE)

>I could care less about (x), it means little to me
>I could NOT care any less about (x) because I already care so little

>> No.11363169

>>11363099
" I could care less" implies that you do care about it though, it could mean that you care very little or that you care immensely about it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om7O0MFkmpw

>> No.11363182

>>11361811
lmao what?

>> No.11363206

>>11360828
What if he did stretch his legs? What else can you say?

>> No.11363239

>>11360972
holy fuck I hate that guy more every time I see his odious, self-satisfied face

>> No.11363246

>>11363206
add an adjective

>> No.11363253

>>11363169
Why do Brits so stubbornly refuse to recognize that the phrase originated from sarcasm? It's really not that hard of a concept. I know British "humour" hasn't evolved since the embarrassment that was Monty Python but cmon

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>___ threw up his arms

>> No.11363259

>>11362717
you appear autistic like paul joseph what is son

>> No.11363262

>fuck
>fucking ____
do you really have no idea how else to emphasize your point?

>> No.11363263

>>11362515
brilliant

>> No.11363268

truly
or worse, truely

>> No.11363283

>>11363253
>only pretending to be retarded

>> No.11363290

>his throat was clogged by the thick steamy log

>> No.11363319

>>11363262
frick

>> No.11363869

>>11360940
still great for horror stories at a campfire though

>> No.11363892

>Whilst
ultimate pseud indicator

>> No.11363899

>>11363253
This was probably the single most generic 4chan post I've ever read.

>> No.11363920

>>11362009
>/lit/ up the world as I fell asleep

>> No.11363923

>>11363099
>>11363169
"I could care less" implies a power over what one cares about. It does imply that they care, but more importantly it implies that they do not care about caring about this thing. Should caring become inconvenient at any point, they can easily lose all interest in the object.

>> No.11363926

>>11363920
plz take me away from here

>> No.11363929

>>11363923
Bullshit post-rationalisation. Some people misheard and omitted the "n't" and it caught on.

>> No.11363962

>>11361707
not being a shit writer desu

>> No.11363987

>>11363962
show the one page without the "the" in it

the protip: you can't

>> No.11364007

>Him, He, His.

>> No.11364064

>All hell broke loose

>> No.11364069

>My dear reader

>> No.11364085

>>11361228
sounds like something Bolaño would do

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>>11363987
What meaning of this?

>> No.11364098

>>11363929
pls no bully

>> No.11364111

>>11364064
exceptions: all hell is literally breaking loose. with demons and witches and shit

>> No.11364123

>>11363246
>he stretched his legs awesomely

>> No.11364142

>compare girls to a summer's day
>compare girls to buds in any given month
>hesitating with the comparison while comparing it
that's real unforgivable beginner's stuff

>> No.11364143

>>11360020
There is literally nothing wrong with exclamation points outside of dialogue. That said, you should be absolutely certain whenever you use it.

>> No.11364169

>>11362717
I know it's stupid, but the internet has fucked up my perception of punctuation. Every time I see an exclamation mark used for something else than interjections, I have to think of retarded redditors who use them all the time.
This makes it hard to read Arno Schmidt for me because he constantly uses exclamation marks, several in a row even and often puts blanks before them, all of which I associate with stupid people due to the internet.

>> No.11364175

>>11362943
I think it's the same with figuratively and literally, at some point literally replaced it even tho it means the opposite.

>> No.11365260

> Summa cum Laude, baby!

>> No.11365290

>I celebrate myself

>>11364142
Sonnet XVIII is glorious, fuck off

>> No.11365324

>>11360179
>x was all but y(ing)
bothers me so fucking much

>> No.11365341

>>11361695
was that Kane or Rakim?

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>>11362716

>> No.11365390

>>11360020
>Anything with an exclamation point.
Exclamation points are fine if used infrequently. Writing something in all caps for emphasis is a no-no, though

>> No.11365395

>>11364064
it's cool but only when it's "breaks" in the present tense and Glen Danzig is screaming it

>> No.11365412

>>11359977
multiple one-word sentences close together

"perambulate"

excessive ornate speech tags

"You should check your privilege" (nobody talks like that in real life)

using a foreign accent that is difficult to decipher, and using it throughout the book for that character

fantasy/sci-fi names that are just random clusters of words that don't sound good or fit the character/thing at all

dream sequence that is not very important to the plot

character's internal monologue talking about how handsome/smart/etc. they are

raising an eyebrow

repeatedly only describing character's eye color and nothing about their appearance

"feck"

"choke back tears"

trying and failing to be subtle about innuendo

>> No.11365418

>>11365412
*clusters of letters

>> No.11365421

>>11365412
you forgot reddit spacing

>> No.11365431

>>11362707
No fuc u that song is GAY*

>> No.11365655

>>11360828
+1 upboat

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>Never have I ever.

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>>11362009
>fireflies came out in 2009
Spooky

>> No.11366304

>>11366256
I like that game :)

>> No.11366312

>>11365412
what the hell did Irvine Welsh do to make you so salty?

>> No.11366826

>>11362541
This.

>> No.11367647

>>11363262
heckers

>> No.11367689

>>11363262
>pretending like "fuck" signifies lack of imagination

Hundred year-old English teacher or brainwashed retard detected

>> No.11368008

>>11360949
This sounds exactly like something Ishiguro would write.

>> No.11368067

>ironic "deconstructions" of cliches,
ie: "The furry clouds let no light past this post-sunset, and the harsh cat-dog drizzle only served to wake the 70% sea John Cena from his blanket of dreams"

>> No.11368193

>I RELEASED A BREATH I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS HOLDING

>> No.11368445

can’t belive noone has posted
>the fact that

>> No.11368471

Referring to female genitals as "her sex"

>> No.11368519

>>11368445
this is for (You)>>11362541

>> No.11369478

>>11363987
You should read Perec's A Void.

>> No.11369516

>>11363262
>fuckinging?

>> No.11369523

>>11359977

"Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing,"

>> No.11369540

>I clapped

>> No.11369630

cogito ergo sum

>> No.11370052

>>11368471
Nin did this. Kind of disconcerting, but I guess that's her prerogative.

>> No.11370057

>>11359977

>you've got to be kidding me

>> No.11370586

>>11362553
>>11362631
> And but so then...

>> No.11371078

>>11360179
yeeting

>> No.11371140

>call me x (Ismael)
I should've known from that first sentence that faggotry ensued.

>> No.11371318

>>11364123
That's an adverb you swine.

>> No.11371853

>>11365395
Danzig is shit graves was better

>> No.11371863

>>11371078

what u mean boyo, imma shoot you up for saying such heresy

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>>11359977
>hoyo me boyo!

>> No.11372922

>indeed

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>words cannot express

>> No.11373058

>>11360937
>we're all dead