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revised clown act #15

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@jpotusek jpotusek commented Apr 2, 2017

Some minor revisions to word choice and grammar. (some grammar errors were left to give an informal way of speaking feel. See inline comment.

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?


"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.

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