- People who respond to this tweet using said pet peeves like they're SO GOSH DARN CLEVER
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Writing pet peeves: - Sentences, especially dialogue, that begins with "So...". (Metal Gear Solid 1 is AWFUL about this) - Presentation segments that begin with "It's time for..." - Top ten articles/lists that conclude with "There you have it".
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90% of my videos end with "there you have it." fite me irlpic.twitter.com/z099LofcGE
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In my defense no one hears it because the majority of viewers drop off immediately after finding out whatever #1 on a countdown is. They don't even stay to hear the explanation.
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Most people don't hear 10 through 2 either. They skip to number 1 and go "GOT IT" and click away.
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I was curious to see if I've ever ended something with "there you have it." Four out of hundreds of scripts end that way and even that is FAR TOO MANY TIMES for me, hah!
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Technically speaking, that was a list that ended with 'There you have it'
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I’d like to humbly suggest videos that begin with the phrase “what’s up”
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@Boogie2988 is allowed to start videos with the phrase "What's up" -
What’s up Youtubers this is my Minecraft let’s play
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But at least two of those conclusions are in videos from friggin 2013, so I'm forgiving it. I had a period where everything was garbage.
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I'm pretty sure Metal Gear Solid 1 covers every writing pet peeve I have.
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No joke, I'm TERRIBLE about writing sentences that start with "So..." Are there any good tricks to work around this or whatever nonsense?
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Hi! I know you’re not asking me, but as a writer I have a few ways I get around it: 1) remove the so and see if the sentence still works. It often does. 2)rearrange the sentence, maybe put the ending at the beginning. 3) look up transitional words/ phrases in a thesaurus.
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I appreciate the heck out of that! It's a hard habit to break, and having tools like that helps out. Thank you so much!
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As a writer I agree xD
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