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Interjections
are itsy bitsy words that show a wide array of emotions, anything from
pleasure to
hesitancy. They're fairly common in
speech, so it's only
natural they would pop up in print.
But
use sparingly.
Too many
of these can inject an annoying buzz in the brain that lasts for
days.
EXAMPLE:
"Oh, please stay, Auntie! You'll sleep in my bed!"
"That's generous of you."
"Oh, you don't know what it means to me to have you here. Oh,
it's been so lonely since Momma passed."
"Are you all right, Kerry?"
"Oh, I am now. Oh yes, now I am!"
CLEANED UP:
"Please stay, Auntie! You'll sleep in my bed!"
"That's generous of you."
"You don't know what it means to me to have you here. It's been
so lonely since Momma passed."
"Are you all right, Kerry?"
"I am now. Oh yes, I am now."
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EXAMPLE:
"I was right, eh?"
"I don't know."
"Eh? He said so, eh?"
"I heard him."
"No arguing with him, eh?"
"Guess so."
"He knows best, eh?"
"Yep."
"Eh? Eh?"
"Here, take it."
CLEANED UP:
"I was right, eh?"
"I don't know."
"Eh? He said so."
"I heard him."
"No arguing with him."
"Guess so."
"He knows best."
"Yep."
"Eh?"
"Here, take it."
EXAMPLE:
"Your name Lee?"
"Uh, well ... yes sir."
"You own that truck?"
"Uh, well . . . yes sir, I got papers in the glove
compartment."
"Only one driving it today?"
"Uh, well . . . I don't know how to answer that."
"Simple yes or no will do."
"Uh, well . . . all I can give you is a maybe."
CLEANED UP:
"Your name Lee?"
"Uh, well ... yes sir."
"You own that truck?"
"Yes sir, I got papers in the glove compartment."
"Only one driving it today?"
"I don't know how to answer that."
"Simple yes or no will do."
"Uh, well . . . all I can give you is a maybe."
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