reenka

I have a thing. It's... a... it's a grammar thing, sort of, but really it's a me thing.

Maybe everyone has a 'thing' with English like this. It would certainly make me feel more normal if this were so, but somehow I doubt it. Still. Feel free to tell me if you also have this type of 'thing', hehe. :D SHARE YOUR PAIN. ><;;

This one's a stylistic error-- more like a stylistic yucky-ickiness-- that drives me UP THE WALL whenever I see anyone use it in nearly ANY context in a fic (to the point where I have to grit my teeth hard and if I already dislike the fic, I -will- stop reading), and in normal writing it just REALLY ANNOYS ME. A LOT.

And I do not know why people do it. WHY??! WHYYYYYYyyyy??! WHY ARE THEY SO CRUEL :( MY POOR EYES :((

Anyway, it's stuff like this bit from a post on

yaoi_daily: "That tap was meaningful for our uke... It caused him to go touch himself!" (my italics).

Words literally cannot express how much I hate the "caused" in that sort of context. It grates on me. It HURRRRRTS USSS, PRECIOUSSSS :(( Whyyy couldn't people just use 'made' or rewrite the sentence without passive voice?? WHYYYYY. I don't even care about passive voice in ANY OTHER INSTANCE, but for some reason the 'caused' to explain sexual/non-official/emotional things (which I seem to find a lot in romances-- WHY) is just MORALLY WRONG. WRONG I TELL YOU. :P

Basically, it's just your standard flowery/over-elaborate/too-formal-and-stiff style, the sort of thing where people write without any idea of how what they're writing actually sounds. It's funny 'cause how I myself write and speak are two very different things, so I definitely understand the difficulty here-- the separation involved-- because I too used to be an overly metaphorical ass, but. But. To have what amounts to apparently NO concept of inner euphony-- how words feel and sound together, forget whether it'd work for you aloud-- that is just something I can't overlook or 'forgive' in any sort of writing, 'cause it's not about grammar, really. It's something no rule can really teach you, and you don't need to learn it-- you can just hear what you write. Ugh.

It's like a slap to the face for me, a dash of cold water in my pants, it's like screeching feedback in my ears. And worse. Seriously.

...Well, y'know, we all have our issues :>