Right. Well. The little rant I posted up a while ago seems to have opened some sort of floodgate, and I now have a massive list of things to rant about. Anyway, the first chapter of this is just copypasta from the A/N of 'Rule, Britannia!', but everything after that is, well… new, yeah? Only very small chapters, but I hope they're enough to get my point across. I don't expect anyone to actually read this, but whatever. Just getting it out there, you know?
For all those aspiring writers out there, I have one thing to say to you.
THE PRESENT TENSE OF 'LOST' IS NOT, HAS NEVER BEEN, AND NEVER WILL BE, 'LOOSE'
THAT IS A COMPLETELY. DIFFERENT. WORD.
The present tense of 'lost' is'lose'.
'Loose' means 'to not be tight'; 'to be free with money, sexual favours or other things' or 'to fasten something in such a way that it is not tight'; for example, "I tied my shoelaces very badly and they are now loose" or "That is a loose woman; stay away from her". Seriously you guys, I take standard. fucking. English. And I still know the difference. PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR ENGLISH TEACHER. THEY KNOW THINGS.
Now, I know a lot of you don't make this mistake, and I'm probably doing that generalising thing again and lumping you all into one category, but this just makes me so pissed. It ruins good fanfics.
That is all.