Soulwriter's comments Page #16

Love your work!

Beautiful

I share your enthusiasm for grammar accuracy and I hear your complaint loud and clear! As you say, prepositions don't always make sense and come about due to common application that then become the rule. The English language is known to be riddled with contradictions and inconsistency! Not to mention, exceptions to the rules ;)

I don't believe it's the author's intention to chastise - more to frankly emphasize what is and isn't in use in the instance of the phrase 'by accident.'

Finally - you've got me thinking...perhaps the difference in prepositions is due to the active or passive nature of the words accident and purpose. 'On' purpose is an active act and intentional. 'By' accident is a passive act and unintended.

This could also make sense with the phrases: 'On the road,' and 'By the wayside'.

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totally

This is correct. I've also replaced the common noun to 'ticket' - much friendlier than guns ;) Thanks for spotting this!

Beautifully written, and touching. I'm sorry for your loss.

This is great!

There is a yet unclaimed poet on our site with the same last name as you - could this be you by chance? https://www.poetry.com/poet/Daniel+Shultz

Well-spotted! All corrected now. Thanks for that Emily!

deep...

Hahaa

Beautiful!

Thanks for sharing! Looking forward to reading more by you.

I hope you share more of your writing with us!

wow. intense.

:( too often the case

This rings true...

thank you for reading...

I agree!

Fantastic!

I love this.

Thanks for sharing

This is beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

Powerful.

Creative and great humor :)