Comments on: RSVP http://www.bloodywellwrite.com/2009/06/26/rsvp/ language + usage Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:00:57 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: bloodywellwrite http://www.bloodywellwrite.com/2009/06/26/rsvp/comment-page-1/#comment-226 bloodywellwrite Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:41:05 +0000 http://bloodywellwrite.com/?p=532#comment-226 "Allotted" is now "on or before the." Good catch. Just deleting "allotted" would not have made the sentence clear, though. Dangling prepositions: In the world of advertising, it is not only acceptable, but encouraged, as its corrected versions (e.g., "of which" and "for whom") draw the ire of the creatives. In the halls of academe, they are still treated as the plague. In the real world (whatever that is), they are acceptable in limited quantities. And no, they don't necessarily "betray a lack of creative writing." “Allotted” is now “on or before the.” Good catch. Just deleting “allotted” would not have made the sentence clear, though.

Dangling prepositions: In the world of advertising, it is not only acceptable, but encouraged, as its corrected versions (e.g., “of which” and “for whom”) draw the ire of the creatives. In the halls of academe, they are still treated as the plague. In the real world (whatever that is), they are acceptable in limited quantities. And no, they don’t necessarily “betray a lack of creative writing.”

]]> By: steakchorizo http://www.bloodywellwrite.com/2009/06/26/rsvp/comment-page-1/#comment-225 steakchorizo Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:45:38 +0000 http://bloodywellwrite.com/?p=532#comment-225 I am not sure you used "allotted" in the proper context. I don't think you allot a deadline - you set a deadline. You allot days or time to complete the task by the deadline. Allotted could have been deleted in that sentence and it would work, wouldn't it? Remind me again about dangling prepositions - is it acceptable but betrays a lack of creative writing or is it altogether incorrect? I am not sure you used “allotted” in the proper context. I don’t think you allot a deadline – you set a deadline. You allot days or time to complete the task by the deadline. Allotted could have been deleted in that sentence and it would work, wouldn’t it?
Remind me again about dangling prepositions – is it acceptable but betrays a lack of creative writing or is it altogether incorrect?

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