I write the English good.

[avamclean]

Apparently I know what words mean, but I don’t know how to properly put them together in a sentence which led one reviewer to ask me if English was my second language. I’m sure they meant it as insulting because they also rated my story a 2, but instead I’m highly entertained and amused.

Comments

[avamclean.livejournal.com]

One of my old Stargate stories, but I reread it and it's still similiar to how I write today. *shrugs* The best part was the person had reviewed it in 08 and really liked it. Ha!

[sean-anam.livejournal.com]

Man. I'm wildly curious about the sentence that prompted this. As someone for whom it is a second language, I know sometimes I word things just awkwardly enough to have my coworkers tilt their heads and squint at me.

[avamclean.livejournal.com]

Verbatim from the reviews edit when I replied - "though the thing about your first language was actually my best guess as to the reason behind what I was reading--you're overconstructing your sentences, trying to fit too many things into each one. That felt like something a foreigner, who knows what each word means but is a little vague on how natural speech or thought should be written, would construct their phrases."

I think he meant my sentences were run-on which my sentences tend to be since when I first stated writing I was chastised for using too many periods and having on fragment sentences. Ah well. Can't please everyone.

[azraelz-angel.livejournal.com]

Ugh - idiots.

[avamclean.livejournal.com]

To each their own.