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  1. courtykat

    Accents in Writing - Y or N?

    courtykat, Mar 27, 2018
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    ChickenFreak
    Mar 28, 2018
  2. Ksenia Tomasheva

    Using articles with names

    Ksenia Tomasheva, Mar 28, 2018
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    Lew
    Mar 28, 2018
  3. Ksenia Tomasheva

    Sequence of tenses inside the paragraph

    Ksenia Tomasheva, Mar 29, 2018
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    DeeDee
    Mar 30, 2018
  4. OurJud

    About as intuitive as...

    OurJud, Apr 3, 2018
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    OurJud
    Apr 4, 2018
  5. Christina58

    Tick Tock

    Christina58, Apr 1, 2018
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    Stormburn
    Apr 6, 2018
  6. CallMeSarah

    Switching from first-person for one scene

    CallMeSarah, Apr 8, 2018
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    1,568
    CallMeSarah
    Apr 8, 2018
  7. Thundair

    When to use contractions

    Thundair, Apr 11, 2018
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    1,006
    NobodySpecial
    Apr 12, 2018
  8. NigellaStory88

    The word 'was' Active or passive

    NigellaStory88, Apr 11, 2018 ... 2
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    Tenderiser
    Apr 13, 2018
  9. izzybot

    Izzy is bad at punctuation

    izzybot, Apr 13, 2018
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    John Calligan
    Apr 14, 2018
  10. Arby

    Alternatives to "the likes of"?

    Arby, Apr 17, 2018
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    1,010
    Arby
    Apr 18, 2018
  11. blainelamely

    he had, had... (necessary evil?)

    blainelamely, Feb 12, 2018 ... 2
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    big soft moose
    Apr 18, 2018
  12. Fickleflame

    Mind-bender

    Fickleflame, Apr 20, 2018
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    856
    deadrats
    Apr 22, 2018
  13. John-Wayne

    Lost in Translation

    John-Wayne, Apr 20, 2018
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    925
    John-Wayne
    Apr 23, 2018
  14. NigellaStory88

    What images come to mind with this sentence?

    NigellaStory88, Apr 21, 2018
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    Unique
    Apr 25, 2018
  15. SlowToShow

    Grammar For or From

    SlowToShow, Mar 28, 2018
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    999
    Privateer
    Apr 27, 2018
  16. Jenissej

    How to phrase this?

    Jenissej, Apr 23, 2018 ... 2
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    2,379
    Tenderiser
    May 1, 2018
  17. Tessitore

    Borrowing Terminology From Other Works

    Tessitore, May 6, 2018
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    894
    Lawless
    May 6, 2018
  18. TwistedHelix

    Past/Present tense difficulty

    TwistedHelix, May 6, 2018
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    1,245
    Seven Crowns
    May 7, 2018
  19. Lulin
    Locked

    Can anyone help me advise how to write mixed tenses properly?

    Lulin, May 8, 2018
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    857
    Wreybies
    May 8, 2018
  20. John Calligan

    Hearthfire

    John Calligan, Apr 14, 2018
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    1,460
    TheRealStegblob
    May 8, 2018
  21. BayView

    Chose/Choose

    BayView, May 11, 2018 ... 2
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    1,946
    Storysmith
    May 12, 2018
  22. Francis de Aguilar

    How should this be written?

    Francis de Aguilar, May 7, 2018
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    hvysmker
    May 13, 2018
  23. Fickleflame

    Drinking Whiskey

    Fickleflame, May 11, 2018
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    1,834
    Night Herald
    May 14, 2018
  24. graveleye

    Numbers

    graveleye, May 13, 2018
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    1,063
    Tenderiser
    May 15, 2018
  25. OurJud

    Where does the ? go?

    OurJud, May 15, 2018
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    883
    WaffleWhale
    May 15, 2018
  26. LastMindToSanity

    "That" Word

    LastMindToSanity, Feb 12, 2018 ... 2 3
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    3,280
    Spencer1990
    May 18, 2018
  27. Ric Millen

    Word order?

    Ric Millen, May 18, 2018
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    1,275
    Ric Millen
    May 19, 2018
  28. Elf Lord

    Grammar Tense issue - "would have/would"

    Elf Lord, May 21, 2018
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    1,110
    LastMindToSanity
    May 22, 2018
  29. SethLoki

    Spelling Dictionary Promiscuity...

    SethLoki, May 14, 2018
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    1,250
    Iain Aschendale
    May 22, 2018
  30. Michael00002

    Is there Authorial Voice in Extreme, 3rd-person deep POV?

    Michael00002, May 22, 2018 ... 2
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    2,580
    Michael00002
    May 24, 2018
  31. Tall for a hobbit

    Adjectives and adverbs: the correct balance of descriptive text

    Tall for a hobbit, May 25, 2018
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    1,841
    Tall for a hobbit
    May 28, 2018
  32. mrieder79

    Grammar question: can i do this appositive without commas?

    mrieder79, May 28, 2018
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    1,159
    Seven Crowns
    May 28, 2018
  33. Iain Aschendale

    Does this sentence make sense?

    Iain Aschendale, Feb 1, 2018
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    1,232
    irite
    May 29, 2018
  34. SlowToShow

    Grammar If dogs are substituted for cats, then cats are used.

    SlowToShow, May 29, 2018
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    BayView
    May 29, 2018
  35. graveleye

    "Hell yea!"

    graveleye, May 29, 2018
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    3
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    1,504
    BayView
    May 29, 2018
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