Numbers that are part of a name or model description or that are cited literally from a document/display/sign can and should be written as digits. So Boeing 747-400 is fine, as would be a Nikon D90 camera, room 151A or a BMW X5.
Uhm. *blushes* You? Please don't tell everyone what we did with that left-over cucumber and the hot chillie sauce later... *blushes even more* *hides*
*fans herself* ohhhh yes! yes!
I licked a perfect stranger under a wooden bench at a solstice party (don't ask how we ended up down there, it's all a bit fuzzy) while those sitting above us sang - uhm, tried to sing - Country Roads.
Toffee and ginger? What a spicy thought. In a heartbeat!
Life would be too easy if it were all tit for tat. How could we appreciate gifts and good deeds if they were just down-payments for a karmic reward? If we believed in a balance, could we live without fear, knowing how often we fail? We're humans, and we fail, all the time. We're not always pure, and sometimes we're petty and unjust like hell.
I like to believe that, in the end, we get a lot more than we deserve. And that we could give much more than we thought possible - no, Felix, not that, you perv! *sighs* Well, perhaps that too. Whatever makes someone happy.
All assuming that there is an end. Is there?
One thing that I didn't see reflected in this thread or the linked article is the inverted relative clause. This is slowly becoming one of my pet peeves.
Inverted Relative Clauses
If you move it to the front of the sentence, a subordinate clause needs to be separated with a comma.
You can see that the sentence above is an example for such an inversion if you look closely. That the sentence starts with a conjunction (if) should already ring a bell. If you encounter a sentence you aren't sure about, take a closer look and determine which part is the main clause and which one is the subordinate clause.
A subordinate clause needs to be separated with a comma. This is our main statement, the rest only refines its meaning and doesn't make much sense on its own.
The natural order of things would be main clause + conjunction + subordinate clause. If we move the main clause to the back, we need a comma.
I score on a story if I like it, and I comment when I feel it is an outstanding piece or has a unique element that I feel needs to be mentioned. From a reader's perspective, it is a means of letting the writer know that putting all the time and sweat into writing the story was worth-while. I don't expect any feedback for that. The best feedback is another delicious story to read anyhow.
I try to respond to comments that are insightful, but, to my shame, I have to admit that I often forget when I don't do it immediately. Between writing new stories and other things to do, I'm sometimes pressed for time and too focused on continuing my current writing projects. That doesn't mean I don't appreciate every single feedback I get. Seeing the number of votes increase and reading new comments, even just a short "wow, great" ones, is an incredible feeling and motivates me to keep on writing.
I can see both sides of the coin. As a writer, I look at all the time and effort I've put into a story and see the feedback as a non-monetary form of payment. But I can understand that readers may ask themselves whether a feedback has even been received and appreciated. I can't imagine a writer who doesn't care about comments and votes, though. Why publish anything at all then?
Speaking of mobile lushiness - the only issue I have with browsing Lush on my tablet is that it doesn't know the concept of hovering. To access the timeline, I either have to log out and back in, or press down on the cog wheel button for a few seconds until I see the popup that asks me if I want to open the link in another tab, then touch somewhere else in the page to make the popup vanish while the menu dropdown stays visible. I'm quite good with computers, but I'm pretty sure that not everyone can get around that hurdle that easily.
So could we have a link to the timeline either in the profile or (my preference) the settings page?
Come to think of it, to get to my profile page, I also have to open the settings and click on my avatar picture there when I'm on the tablet. Would it be possible to have a direct link at the home page?
Congrats to all three of you! Well done! You can be proud of your wins, this one was a really tough competition.
