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- abbreviation point of view
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- noun Abbreviation of
point of view . - noun Abbreviation of privately owned vehicle.
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Examples
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This POV is the least popular as it puts the readers on the defensive, most people do not like to be told how to think or what they are to do, even in stories.
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This POV is the least popular as it puts the readers on the defensive, most people do not like to be told how to think or what they are to do, even in stories.
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One argument I've read against multiple POV is that readers who don't like a particular POV character will want to skip that character's sections, and I do indeed want to skip a certain character's sections in Under The Dome ... but honestly, I'd dislike her even if I wasn't inside her head.
intertribal: sorry if this is a really stupid issue. intertribal 2010
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The most natural POV is the first-person singular, since all stories and trials originate with someone, an “I,” witnessing what happens.
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One argument I've read against multiple POV is that readers who don't like a particular POV character will want to skip that character's sections, and I do indeed want to skip a certain character's sections in Under The Dome ... but honestly, I'd dislike her even if I wasn't inside her head.
good little goth girl intertribal 2010
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I want to hear a womans POV from the comic book industry side.
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Liane, I agree that POV is something that can be used in a variety of ways to great effect, particularly in the hands of a master.
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I'm sure there are going to be a lot of innovations made in healthcare over the next few decades but the industry from an economic POV is goverened by the same rules that govern dog food producers, hot dog stands & every other industry.
Science vs. Social Security, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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POV is one of those things that I hesitate to hammer too hard, because it is a “rule” that often and rightly gets broken on purpose for artistic effect.
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In any event, the descriptivist POV is that the entirety of the language has resulted from monstrous bastardizations, and that this process continues all around us.
Prescriptivists amaze me (to) no end « Motivated Grammar 2009
tankhughes commented on the word POV
Many meme templates start with "POV: " like "POV: You just Xed" or "POV: You finally Y."
When people say it out loud, they pronounce the phrase as letters.
In this one, they shouldn't have used POV, because instead of implying that he's with the girl. his POV is of someone who is standing near an intimate couple: https://www.reddit.com/r/rareinsults/comments/1i6ifof/cant_recover_from_that_burn/
January 21, 2025