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revised clown act #15
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Some minor revisions to word choice and grammar. (some grammar errors were left to give an informal way of speaking feel. See inline comment.
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Please comment back to changes, suggest new ones or just undo them...
know that my purpose in life was not to live in and by the circus, | ||
just to get something out of it. | ||
know that my purpose in life was not to live in and around the circus, | ||
instead it was just to get something from it. |
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"instead it was" is a bit formal. Also "live by" is like "living by an ideal". Kind of intended.
didn't deserve it, but one thing is thinking that somebody deserves | ||
what comes his way and another wanting him to be done in front of | ||
what comes his way and another is wanting him to be done in front of | ||
you. |
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There was probably something wrong with the sentence, but adding "is"... I don't like it.
running. | ||
frightened them and we couldn't make them walk back /* the smell was just mentioned */ | ||
again. So we tied them to some thick branches of a bush and took from | ||
there by feet, half running. |
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I don't think repeating things is so wrong, but I am ready to admit otherwise. Also, why not bush stalks?
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"Oh my oh my oh my, my guests are on fire" said Clippo, the Auguste. | ||
"Oh my, oh my, oh my, my guests are on fire" said Clippo, the Auguste. | ||
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Also no commas in informal speech
@@ -1521,7 +1521,7 @@ what seemed now just a pile of ashes of a man. | |||
This went on for a while, and the rest of us that had arrived later on | |||
horseback couldn't do anything but look. Eventually Ted produced a | |||
gun with a barrel as long as his leg and shot one of them, the one who still | |||
was whimpering and moving, in the head. | |||
was whimpering and writhing, in the head. | |||
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I actually love this one.
Some minor revisions to word choice and grammar. (some grammar errors were left to give an informal way of speaking feel. See inline comment.