like an allegory on the banks of the Nile

[lotesse]

The only crit that N. gave me on the Celtic paper was that it's not okay to begin sentences with "and" or "but." Whaddaya think, o voices inside the computer. Can I use pomo punctuation, or do I have to pretend that I'm not fragmented?

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[rose-sous-globe.livejournal.com]

It goes better with the tone of a formal paper to use more specific conjunctions that better show the relationships of concepts. Ah, the subtle distinctions between "however" and "on the other hand." But when writing in LJ, 'but' and 'and' to begin a sentence have that note of familiarity. So yes and no, I would say.

~An elf who lives in the back left corner of your monitor.

[lotesse]

I will confess to utterly loathing "however." It sounds so stuffy!

[slashfairy.livejournal.com]

Can I use pomo punctuation, or do I have to pretend that I'm not fragmented?

what is pomo punc., and fragmented how?
nice icon!

[lotesse]

Don't think I can explain post-modernism in a comment, but it's about the way that all structure is imposed by society, how everything is fractured and how we kknit it into a false narrative of wholeness. Um. Sort of. Wikipedia prolly has more on that one :)

[bravevindictive.livejournal.com]

Well, they did it in one of my current textbooks...

[lotesse]

Okay!