Gift of the Magi

What's wrong with the first paragraph?

np

"dealing" should be plural, dealings?

Starting a sentence with "And?" Although, if you are O'Henry, you pretty much get to define the language as you go.

A little punctuation would be in order today: "Pennies saved, one and two at a time, by bulldozing etc.

C+ writing, that, if that's all there was to it. Bad English usage is brilliant writing in the right context. For instance, Willie Sutton's "We was robbed!"

Originally posted by neonpeon41
What's wrong with the first paragraph?

np

The US doesn't have a two cent coin, does it?

Originally posted by Palynka
The US doesn't have a two cent coin, does it?

No, the US does not.

np

And where does it say that the story takes place in the US?

Originally posted by coquette
"dealing" should be plural, dealings?

Starting a sentence with "And?" Although, if you are O'Henry, you pretty much get to define the language as you go.

A little punctuation would be in order today: "Pennies saved, one and two at a time, by bulldozing etc.

C+ writing, that, if that's all there was to it. Bad English usage is brilliant writing in the right context. For instance, Willie Sutton's "We was robbed!"

Starting a sentence with "And" is perfectly okay. You just have to be careful to make sure it is a complete sentence.

Originally posted by coquette
And where does it say that the story takes place in the US?

Coney Island, dollars, penny = 1 cent...

Originally posted by coquette
"dealing" should be plural, dealings?

Starting a sentence with "And?" Although, if you are O'Henry, you pretty much get to define the language as you go.

A little punctuation would be in order today: "Pennies saved, one and two at a time, by bulldozing etc.

C+ writing, that, if that's all there was to it. Bad English usage is brilliant writing in the right context. For instance, Willie Sutton's "We was robbed!"

Not what I am looking for.

np

60 cents in pennies, one dollar eighty seven. So you have One dollar twenty-seven to make out of non-pennies. You cannot get that 7.

Originally posted by doodinthemood
60 cents in pennies, one dollar eighty seven. So you have One dollar twenty-seven to make out of non-pennies. You cannot get that 7.

That looks about right.... I had to go read it again though.

Originally posted by doodinthemood
60 cents in pennies, one dollar eighty seven. So you have One dollar twenty-seven to make out of non-pennies. You cannot get that 7.

Well done.

np

the story sucked, that's what's wrong with the first paragraph.

PHAILURE TO CAPTEUR ZEE REEDER'S ATTENSHUN!

Originally posted by EmLasker
the story sucked, that's what's wrong with the first paragraph.

PHAILURE TO CAPTEUR ZEE REEDER'S ATTENSHUN!

Maybe instead of the story sucking, the reader was sucking something while reading it.


Put in pipe; smoke it.

Originally posted by doodinthemood
60 cents in pennies, one dollar eighty seven. So you have One dollar twenty-seven to make out of non-pennies. You cannot get that 7.

That's why I asked my question. But then I found this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-cent_piece_(United_States_coin)

Originally posted by Palynka
That's why I asked my question. But then I found this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-cent_piece_(United_States_coin)

The US did not have this coin in circulation for 33 years when this story was written.

np