i need help for my short story. is this right? the house was nothing more than a smouldering wreckage... I used "smouldering wreckage" as a noun. Its correct rite?
2006-07-23 01:48:26 · 4 answers · asked by unknownguy033 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
oh yea... and one more.. the war was ceased-fire 11 months before its date launch. Is the word ceased-fire correct? or is it cease-fired or ?
2006-07-23 01:49:55 · update #1
I'm an author. Smoldering is good! It is right. As a noun, it means 1) thick smoke from a slow buring fire, or 2) a smokey fire from a slow buring fire. I like the way you used it with wreckage. Sounds Great! But, the spelling does not have a "u" in it. It is SMOLDERING. The ceased-fire should not have a "d"...take it out. It shoud be cease-fire. Sounds like your story is going to be great. Hint...if you are creating in Word, use your Tools Icon. Spelling & Grammar, also Thesaurus will help alot! I find lots of different ways to say the same thing over again...it's cool! Hope this is helpful.
2006-07-23 01:59:22 · answer #1 · answered by Author Al 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let me go backward. Change the sentence to something like, "a cease fire had been declared...." There is no ceased fire.
As for smoldering wreckage: wreckage would be your noun and smoldering is descriptive of the wreckage. Doesn't that sound more like it?
Good luck sweetie. Wish you would have told us the name of your story, so I could read it!
I'm excited, I'm getting my first real big article published for Easy Rider. I am grateful. It's hard work out there!!! LOL. Good luck. Nana
2006-07-23 08:58:59 · answer #2 · answered by nanawnuts 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The house was nothing more than smoldering wreckage.
The war was cease fire before its' launch date.
2006-07-23 08:51:51 · answer #3 · answered by Evilest_Wendy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a professional author... but not American or English. sorry.
2006-07-23 12:04:16 · answer #4 · answered by ♫Pavic♫ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋