My dream is to write a book which will be read by children and adults. Like Alice in Wonderland.
I never use swear words. They just fill up space.
Some writers think that words such as good and nice can be replaced by something more punchy. If you can't think of anything more interesting than a swear word you are competing with the person on the tube train. they will probably win in being shoicking and boring and leaving you thinking about the swear word and not the problem.
Swear words are cliche. Find something more original. How about show, don't swear. What is more dramatic: He saw the wedding photo and swore .... Or he saw the wedding photo and tore it in two.
What about swar words in public. Call them cuss words, swear words or profanity, call them what you will. But don't swear.
Anti swear word sign in Australia
On a boardwalk in Australia a sign forbids swear words.
Good for Australia.
I wish the London underground and Singapore underground railway would carry the same signs.
Useful Websites
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profanity
Please come to a Toastmasters International Club where the English clubs have a language evaluator or grammarian. We also have French, German, Mandarin Chinese, Tamil and clubs based in Singapore and many more online around the world which because of Covid-19 are now meeting online.
In addition to being a member of Tampines Changkat Advanced, and Tiarel, I am President of Braddell Heights Advanced, meeting every Wednesday, on zoom the first Wednesday of the month but the other wednesdays are workshops on app learncool.sg
I never use swear words. They just fill up space.
Some writers think that words such as good and nice can be replaced by something more punchy. If you can't think of anything more interesting than a swear word you are competing with the person on the tube train. they will probably win in being shoicking and boring and leaving you thinking about the swear word and not the problem.
Swear words are cliche. Find something more original. How about show, don't swear. What is more dramatic: He saw the wedding photo and swore .... Or he saw the wedding photo and tore it in two.
What about swar words in public. Call them cuss words, swear words or profanity, call them what you will. But don't swear.
On a boardwalk in Australia a sign forbids swear words.
Good for Australia.
I wish the London underground and Singapore underground railway would carry the same signs.
Useful Websites
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profanity
About the Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.
I and my family have lived in the UK, Spain, the USA and Singapore. I am a travel writer and photographer and teacher of English A level and English as a foreign language.
Please come to a Toastmasters International Club where the English clubs have a language evaluator or grammarian. We also have French, German, Mandarin Chinese, Tamil and clubs based in Singapore and many more online around the world which because of Covid-19 are now meeting online.
In addition to being a member of Tampines Changkat Advanced, and Tiarel, I am President of Braddell Heights Advanced, meeting every Wednesday, on zoom the first Wednesday of the month but the other wednesdays are workshops on app learncool.sg
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