: Re: Is it OK to omit the following "grammatical rules" in fiction? Okay, I'm not sure if they are "rules" or "grammatical", but here they go: After a while our necks began to ache, so we

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These are purely my opinion, but I would say (1) no, I wouldn't omit; and (2) yes, that's fine.

(1) "...we sat on the rest chairs behind."

Behind what? Behind your necks? That's what "behind" is referring to right now, and it doesn't make sense.

(2) "I wasn't an expert."

This sounds natural to me. "Expert" right now is referring to "constellations", which is exactly what you're wanting to refer to.

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