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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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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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 12:45 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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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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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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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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