- "Adine set herself to rearranging her skirts, but though she muttered to herself, she held her tongue otherwise." Example of someone showing awkwardness/flabbergastery -- The Shadow Rising - page 491
- i.e. = when you are restating a point you are trying to make in different words. Basically "in other words"
- "my stomach is making growling sounds, i.e., I'm hungry."
- e.g. = when you are giving an example of what you are trying to say
- "my stomach is making growling sounds, e.g., gurgles, plops, swishes, and bleets."
- "He wished he could make Faile stay there-- that was not the same as leaving her behind, just keeping her safe from Whitecloaks-- but she had that stubborn set to her jaw and a dangerous light in her tilted eye." - long sentence with lots of information but not sounding like a run-on
- Omit Needless Words
- bromide = stating the obvious
- Instead of offering her an umbrella, the cheeky stranger offered the bromide "it's raining".
- Passive: He looked dazed as he said, --
- Active: Dazed, he said, --
- words to describe a condescending tone of voice: curtly, cheeky, blandly
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