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  2. Dan Rhodenizer
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    Italics for thoughts?

    Dan Rhodenizer, Jul 25, 2007 ... 52 53 54
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    Shannon Davidson
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  4. shaylyn

    !

    shaylyn, May 9, 2012 ... 2 3
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    Bluesman
    May 18, 2012
  5. xenophon

    !Exclamation marks at the begginning of a sentance.

    xenophon, Jul 13, 2010
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    Herl
    Jul 14, 2010
  6. Veet

    " vs '

    Veet, Mar 28, 2011
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    Melzaar the Almighty
    Mar 28, 2011
  7. femfrog

    "&" vs. "and"

    femfrog, Sep 27, 2006
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    Raven
    Jul 6, 2007
  8. jakeybum

    "-ly" words and hyphens

    jakeybum, Aug 15, 2015
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    GingerCoffee
    Aug 15, 2015
  9. John Franklin Dandridge

    "?!"

    John Franklin Dandridge, Nov 5, 2015 ... 2 3 4
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    Steerpike
    Nov 13, 2015
  10. Noya Desherbanté

    "?!" - love or hate?!

    Noya Desherbanté, Dec 19, 2010 ... 2
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    art
    Jan 3, 2011
  11. Fife

    "A better vocabulary"?

    Fife, Nov 23, 2012
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    mammamaia
    Dec 7, 2012
  12. UrsaBear

    "A moan escaped my lungs." Ugh. Please help.

    UrsaBear, Jan 9, 2014 ... 2
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    maidahla
    Jan 21, 2014
  13. writingfourmuser

    "A picture is worth a thousand words" - aphorism, proverb, or both?

    writingfourmuser, Jan 25, 2015
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    HelloImRex
    Jan 27, 2015
  14. Rumwriter

    "Abundance": sing. or plur?

    Rumwriter, Feb 5, 2017
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    ChickenFreak
    Feb 20, 2017
  15. ohmyrichard

    "advance" or "advancement"?

    ohmyrichard, Mar 20, 2013
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    madhoca
    Mar 20, 2013
  16. Flying Geese

    "Any last words?"

    Flying Geese, Aug 15, 2013
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    Cogito
    Aug 16, 2013
  17. RockinOle

    "Arguably"

    RockinOle, Mar 18, 2011
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    Ion
    Mar 18, 2011
  18. Jaden

    "Blah," or "Blah."

    Jaden, Mar 5, 2009
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    Cogito
    Mar 5, 2009
  19. Link the Writer

    "blahblahblah," she said, "Blah?"

    Link the Writer, Dec 20, 2011
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    ChickenFreak
    Dec 21, 2011
  20. Ghosts in Latin

    "Can not", "in stead", etc.

    Ghosts in Latin, Feb 26, 2009
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    Banzai
    Mar 3, 2009
  21. Fife

    "Conceive" and "Conceptualize"

    Fife, Nov 19, 2012
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    mammamaia
    Nov 20, 2012
  22. HorusEye

    "Confess against..."

    HorusEye, Mar 28, 2013
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    HorusEye
    Mar 28, 2013
  23. Declan

    "Correct English?"

    Declan, Jun 24, 2011
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    1,210
    Islander
    Jun 25, 2011
  24. Alesia

    "Delivered" vs. "Gave birth to"

    Alesia, Jul 11, 2013
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    mammamaia
    Jul 13, 2013
  25. wolfi

    "Describe the tree for me"

    wolfi, Jun 19, 2011
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    12,222
    JimFlagg
    Jun 19, 2011
  26. captken

    "Disremember" Do you ever use this word?

    captken, Nov 3, 2012
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    steve119
    Nov 8, 2012
  27. Rita M Gardner

    "Dormancy" or "unconsciousness"?

    Rita M Gardner, Jul 17, 2016
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    Rita M Gardner
    Jul 18, 2016
  28. JLT

    "Dreyer's English" -- a great style book

    JLT, Aug 17, 2019
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    The Dapper Hooligan
    Aug 20, 2019
  29. frigocc

    "Dueling Narrators?"

    frigocc, Mar 15, 2019
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    1,737
    WingedClover
    May 24, 2019
  30. Eric Byers

    "ed" vs "ing" in 3rd person limited.

    Eric Byers, Dec 27, 2014
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    Eric Byers
    Dec 28, 2014
  31. Boger

    "excisely", am i making up words?

    Boger, Jul 27, 2015
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    matwoolf
    Jul 29, 2015
  32. GB reader

    "Extended dialog tags" and beats

    GB reader, Apr 29, 2019
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    1,127
    Maverick_nc
    Apr 30, 2019
  33. Lyle

    "Flavoring" 3rd person omniscient

    Lyle, Oct 8, 2016
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    810
    Wreybies
    Oct 8, 2016
  34. lostinwebspace

    "Forget" vs. "Forget About"

    lostinwebspace, Nov 15, 2011
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    mammamaia
    Nov 15, 2011
  35. BSquared18

    "Goin'." or "Goin.'" ???

    BSquared18, Aug 12, 2011 ... 2
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    DBock
    Aug 16, 2011
  36. marcusl

    "had came" vs "had come"

    marcusl, Sep 14, 2010
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    Wreybies
    Sep 22, 2016
  37. essential life

    "Had had"

    essential life, Sep 1, 2009 ... 2
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    CharlieVer
    Sep 4, 2009
  38. The Piper

    "had never woke"

    The Piper, Jul 25, 2019
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    797
    matwoolf
    Aug 8, 2019
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