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  1. dillseed

    Grammar ‘It may be he' vs. 'It may be him'

    dillseed, May 11, 2014
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    mammamaia
    May 11, 2014
  2. SlowToShow

    Grammar Zero relatives?

    SlowToShow, Jul 20, 2017
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    1,231
    thirdwind
    Jul 20, 2017
  3. J.D. Ray

    Grammar Youth or youths?

    J.D. Ray, Mar 4, 2021
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    2,288
    Seven Crowns
    Mar 7, 2021
  4. Miguel A. Wilder

    Grammar Would someone help with word phrasing, please?

    Miguel A. Wilder, Dec 10, 2014
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    765
    Miguel A. Wilder
    Dec 10, 2014
  5. Lazaares

    Grammar Word Order Feels Monotone

    Lazaares, Apr 17, 2020
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    1,022
    JLT
    Apr 18, 2020
  6. Kay9

    Grammar Why is the former more common?

    Kay9, Jan 27, 2019
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    1
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    674
    EBohio
    Jan 27, 2019
  7. castingflame

    Grammar Which way around should this sentence be?

    castingflame, Feb 23, 2016
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    891
    castingflame
    Feb 29, 2016
  8. Thaegrim

    Grammar Which one is correct?

    Thaegrim, Apr 15, 2017
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    Thaegrim
    Apr 17, 2017
  9. newjerseyrunner

    Grammar Where is your narrator chronologically in past tense?

    newjerseyrunner, Jan 6, 2017
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    1,210
    Rosacrvx
    Jan 8, 2017
  10. Stuart Farrimond

    Grammar When not to use the gerund

    Stuart Farrimond, Nov 13, 2014
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    1,323
    BayView
    Nov 13, 2014
  11. Link the Writer

    Grammar When is 'nor' proper to use

    Link the Writer, Jul 16, 2017
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    1,258
    Seven Crowns
    Jul 16, 2017
  12. E. Randall

    Grammar When do I use the singular, when do I use the plural?

    E. Randall, Aug 30, 2018
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    824
    Zerotonin
    Aug 30, 2018
  13. Fazzio349

    Grammar What's the correct ellipsis spacing?

    Fazzio349, Oct 5, 2020
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    1,493
    Kstaraga
    Oct 7, 2020
  14. alpacinoutd

    Grammar What is the name of this grammatical structure?

    alpacinoutd, Sep 26, 2021
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    1,218
    GrahamLewis
    Sep 29, 2021
  15. Link the Writer

    Grammar What does '--' mean, and how does it differ from '()'?

    Link the Writer, Sep 27, 2015
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    1,692
    PapaGhanda
    Nov 12, 2015
  16. ohmyrichard

    Grammar What are the separate items and what does the first sentence actually mean?

    ohmyrichard, Apr 4, 2015
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    1,599
    ohmyrichard
    Apr 11, 2015
  17. Link the Writer

    Grammar What are clauses?

    Link the Writer, Jan 9, 2017
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    13
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    1,392
    NiallRoach
    Jan 10, 2017
  18. GingerCoffee

    Grammar Weird Al Yankovic - Word Crimes

    GingerCoffee, Jul 16, 2014
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    1,057
    cutecat22
    Jul 16, 2014
  19. Mileni

    Grammar Was vs Had (remembering early in the day)

    Mileni, Sep 10, 2017
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    803
    Mckk
    Sep 10, 2017
  20. agasfer

    Grammar vocabulary hunt

    agasfer, Jan 17, 2018
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    3
    Views:
    785
    SethLoki
    Jan 17, 2018
  21. Gazzola

    Grammar Verbs Thesaurus similar to the Emotion Thesaurus?

    Gazzola, Jul 18, 2016
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    3
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    678
    BayView
    Aug 1, 2016
  22. Bone2pick

    Grammar Using 'ing' in past tense

    Bone2pick, Oct 29, 2018
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    15
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    3,153
    ChickenFreak
    Oct 29, 2018
  23. James Random

    Grammar Use of the word 'would'.

    James Random, Oct 13, 2016
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    6
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    793
    iprevaricate
    Oct 18, 2016
  24. sgraffe

    Grammar Use of it with a person

    sgraffe, May 2, 2017
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    1,012
    cutecat22
    May 3, 2017
  25. Artifacs

    Grammar Use of Abbreviations in Narration Speech

    Artifacs, Dec 28, 2018
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    6
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    1,267
    Artifacs
    Dec 28, 2018
  26. PeterC

    Grammar Usage of "wrought"

    PeterC, Jan 29, 2014
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    10
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    1,131
    wade-newb
    Feb 10, 2014
  27. Dameldut

    Grammar Up and left... Not exactly

    Dameldut, Mar 27, 2020
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    11
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    1,002
    Thorn Cylenchar
    Apr 1, 2020
  28. -NM-

    Grammar Unsure of word/phrase to use

    -NM-, Dec 23, 2015
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    4
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    889
    Cave Troll
    Dec 23, 2015
  29. SlowToShow

    Grammar Unclear antecedents?

    SlowToShow, Mar 10, 2018
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    2,079
    Spencer1990
    Mar 10, 2018
  30. Gazzola

    Grammar Too many 'was/were' in my writting

    Gazzola, Jul 11, 2016
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    13
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    1,408
    GingerCoffee
    Jul 13, 2016
  31. Alesia

    Grammar Thoughts on how to break this paragraph of a sentence up?

    Alesia, Feb 12, 2014
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    1,192
    mammamaia
    Feb 27, 2014
  32. Eric Byers

    Grammar This paragraph has been killing me for weeks

    Eric Byers, Nov 29, 2014 ... 2
    Replies:
    27
    Views:
    1,426
    Eric Byers
    Dec 1, 2014
  33. Rennie1989

    Grammar Third-person narrative nouns

    Rennie1989, Apr 5, 2015
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    3
    Views:
    693
    BayView
    Apr 5, 2015
  34. minstrel

    Grammar They're kidding, right?

    minstrel, Feb 23, 2014 ... 2
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    25
    Views:
    1,790
    Alesia
    Feb 25, 2014
  35. KhalieLa

    Grammar The word I need doesn't exist . . . (or, at least I haven't found it yet!)

    KhalieLa, Mar 11, 2016
    Replies:
    24
    Views:
    1,795
    JLT
    Mar 16, 2016
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