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Fellow nerds. A real thinker of a dangler for your weekend. Does it dangle? No. But also β¦ does it? Yes. @BCDreyer @mikepope @GrammarTable @MaryNorrisTNY, is this a perfect simileβmodifier storm? π β at Melbourne, Victoria
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Anyone: You canβt start a sentence with And
Copywriters:
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Watching editor Twitter react to That Author's commentary on the singular "they" is life affirming. Keep at it, friends!
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Rage, rage against the dying of the light
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You complains that the singular they is wrong because it uses plural verbs.
Why is you not complaining that you uses the plural verbs for the singular you?
You is fool.
Just because something is shorter, doesn't mean it's clearer.
Nominalisation often does away with do-ers, which can sacrifice precision.
Replacing action verbs with 'to be' drains essential life force .
Formality and distance are not persuasive tools. They're shields.
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Our position, respectfully, on these four points: no, no, no, no.
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Exactly as it happened β at Melbourne, Victoria
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Periodic reminder that "ungrammatical" describes a construction that cannot/does not exist in that language. It does not describe a valid construction used by L1 speakers just because you don't like it.
Pennyβs on @abcsydney in 30-ish minutes for international Ask a Stupid Question Day (grammar-related questions preferred) β at Melbourne, Victoria
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