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Grammar Auntie Strikes Again...
You know, I've been doing my share of snickering and moaning at the snippets of Epically Bad Fic that folks like
shocolate and
brumeux77 have been posting, but when I read bad fics, I usually hit the back button and do my best to forget it.
*adds "brain-bleach" to shopping list*
However, just now, I clicked on something... well, not interesting, but I thought it was worth a skim.
I should have known at "Shacklebot Kingsley was only too happy to oblige his best Auror..." that this was not going to go well. And no, that's not a typo on my part. Apparently, Kingsley is a Shacklebot. Does this mean he goes around, locking people into cuffs?
*moves on*
This is what made me stop and decide not to read any further.
"He was startled again, when out of nowhere came a gust of epigrammatic wind and his invisibility cloak, his most prized possession, had dropped onto the dewy grounds."
O_o
Epigrammatic wind???
"Epigrammatic - (adjective) Of the nature or in the style of an epigram; concise, clever, and amusing: an epigrammatic style."
And in case you are wondering, an epigram is a pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way. It can also be a short poem, especially a satirical one, having a witty or ingenious ending.
So....... is this writer saying the wind is amusing and witty? or concise? perhaps satirical?
*flails*
Heavens, what are they teaching the children in school these days???
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*adds "brain-bleach" to shopping list*
However, just now, I clicked on something... well, not interesting, but I thought it was worth a skim.
I should have known at "Shacklebot Kingsley was only too happy to oblige his best Auror..." that this was not going to go well. And no, that's not a typo on my part. Apparently, Kingsley is a Shacklebot. Does this mean he goes around, locking people into cuffs?
*moves on*
This is what made me stop and decide not to read any further.
"He was startled again, when out of nowhere came a gust of epigrammatic wind and his invisibility cloak, his most prized possession, had dropped onto the dewy grounds."
O_o
Epigrammatic wind???
"Epigrammatic - (adjective) Of the nature or in the style of an epigram; concise, clever, and amusing: an epigrammatic style."
And in case you are wondering, an epigram is a pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way. It can also be a short poem, especially a satirical one, having a witty or ingenious ending.
So....... is this writer saying the wind is amusing and witty? or concise? perhaps satirical?
*flails*
Heavens, what are they teaching the children in school these days???