Tag: syntax
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January 10, 2007 06:57 AM EST --
I shall return from the moribund with a brief note on word usage, if only to prove that I still live. For whatever reason, I have been asked three times in the last few weeks whether the . . .
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June 26, 2007 05:43 PM EDT --
I love all wild swine. Warthogs are a particular favorite second only to North America's own collared peccary.
The rules are simple. Use "warthog" in a sentence. . . .
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November 16, 2006 12:48 AM EST --
Punctuation is simple. Right? There are clear rules to follow. Right? There is never any doubt of when to use a period (well, hardly ever). Question marks are entirely unambiguous in their meaning. Exclamation . . .
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May 29, 2007 12:59 PM EDT --
After reading a couple articles this morning about the Gather problem and some comments by some in black, it came into my mind that I don't know something. Am I good writer or a bad writer? (Sounds . . .
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August 26, 2006 02:48 PM EDT --
I have noticed a change in my personal writing style for the past several years. This question is primarily for native English speakers who correspond with native Russian speakers.
What I find myself . . .
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September 29, 2006 05:31 AM EDT --
It appears that only guatami tripathy and I care to post anything in this group. I am willing to lecture, even pontificate, but I would really appreciate knowing what you want to hear about. Not all grammatical . . .
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November 16, 2006 12:45 AM EST --
Punctuation is simple. Right? There are clear rules to follow. Right? There is never any doubt of when to use a period (well, hardly ever). Question marks are entirely unambiguous in their meaning. Exclamation . . .
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September 06, 2006 12:14 AM EDT --
There have been "a lot" of grammatical errors that have occurred since people have become "acquainted" with word processors. Since the "beginning," even "brilliant" . . .
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September 23, 2006 05:33 AM EDT --
I am delighted with those of you have chosen to join this prescriptive grammar group. I really would like to discuss some issues in everything from word choice and sentence structure to . . .
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September 23, 2006 05:45 AM EDT --
I have written an article that was originally intended to be for this group alone. However, I decided to post it generally to see whether it excites any interest from people who might contribute to us. . . .
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September 22, 2006 03:20 AM EDT --
The proliferation of groups, overlapping, undefined, repetitive and pointless appears to be a growing phenomenon. I have decided to make my own contribution to this excess.
This group, however, actually . . .
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September 25, 2006 07:38 AM EDT --
So far, one good question has been posted as a comment to the seminal article. The question involved capitalization within quotes and the answer, in brief was that the quote is capitalized as it would . . .
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September 25, 2006 08:02 AM EDT --
I am starting one more, very serious group that is, in some sense, a 'sister' to the grammar group. This group will be an advanced writer's workshop. We shall post original work (retaining . . .
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December 02, 2006 11:38 PM EST --
Story condensed from printed sources from:
E! Entertainment News and “Would You Be My Nigga?” written by My Alonso
with commentary by Loren Sykes. . . .
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October 09, 2009 06:52 AM EDT --
I wrote this article some time ago, but thought I’d publish it here for reference.
This text is dual licenced under the GFDL and GPL
There are two known versions of netcat. The version . . .
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June 14, 2006 05:40 PM EDT --
Bakhtin Sentence from "Discourse in the Novel"
pg.263. "The novel orchestrates all its themes, the totality of the world of objects and ideas depicted and expressed in it, . . .
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