And if this is in the wrong spot, sorry! Just blame my migraine...
Anyways, I was wondering how you could write this:
My father is pacing the floor.
In English, we tend to run together 'father' and 'is.' Can we write this in (narrative) stories? (I know it's fine in the dialogue, though.)
Should I do:
My father's pacing the floor.
OR
My fathers pacing the floor.
Neither one looks right to me, but I don't want to say 'is,' because it slows down the story too much. Saying 'My mother is walking, my father is pacing, and my brother is sleeping' gets annoying. (I wouldn't actually write that, but you get the point. For effect, I do need to use 'my father is...' in my story, but it's so slow!)
Help? *Chants 'Migraines must die, migraines must die...'*
~JFW1415
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