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Q&A Is it OK to omit the following "grammatical rules" in fiction? [closed]

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 sat on the rest chairs behind (us). I liked it here. The air was fresh ...

1 answer  ·  posted 9y ago by Alexandro Chen‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T04:12:58Z (about 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/17012
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Alexandro Chen‭ · 2019-12-08T04:12:58Z (about 5 years ago)
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 sat on the rest chairs behind **(us)**. I liked it here. The air was fresh and there was a low hip roof to shelter us from the wind.
> 
> To give myself something to do, I searched for constellations. I wasn't an expert **(on it)**; my knowledge was limited to horoscope columns and astronomy documentaries.

As an author, would you omit the **bolded** parts? Why or why not?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2015-04-29T16:04:44Z (over 9 years ago)
Original score: 1