Annoying Ways Response

Unlike a good portion of the material I have had to read this semester, I actually greatly enjoyed and learned a bit from this article. While most of the other articles suffer from being fairly basic and dry, I found this one to be detailed and fairly humorous. I really liked how the author started the article by comparing sloppy writing to slow drivers. Even for someone who may not know much about sloppy writing the author is talking about, they can certainly relate to the feeling of having a slow driver in front of you in the fast lane. The comparison is sound as well, as for both situations the author explains the person doing this is either uninformed of general practice or they know the guidelines and don't care. Calling them annoyances rather than rules is humorous as well, whilst also making the point that these aren't rules for writing, you don't need to follow them. The "annoyances" are merely common issues sloppy writers make in their writing that can cause frustration in picky readers. The annoyances themselves are quite interesting, as using citations properly was never really covered in my high school. In addition to the rather amusing names for these annoyances, they are very detailed and show why these are annoyances. For example, "Am I in the Right Movie?" annoyance explains that when the preceding sentence and citation don't match up, it's very jarring for a reader and can cause frustration. I also really like that the author gives ways on how to fix these issues, actively giving advice to any sloppy writers who may struggle with these very issues in their writing. Overall, I thought this article was very interesting and entertaining, actually learning common pitfalls for using citations in your writing is certainly worthwhile to know.