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By Coutelier Posted on November 11, 2017 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments Tagged with english, grammar, star trek, writing

transladyknight: Random people: don’t you have an english degree??? why can’t you use grammar??? Me: I do creative writing. It’s creative grammar. Me: Also prescriptive grammar is a method the bourgeoisie uses to mark certain speech and writing as acceptable …

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Fewer or Less

By Coutelier Posted on September 22, 2017 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments Tagged with grammar, humor, movies, stannis baratheon, writing

So the rule according to Oxford Dictionaries is this: Use fewer if you’re referring to people or things in the plural (e.g. houses, newspapers, dogs, students, children). For example: Fewer people are going to theaters these days due to stagnation …

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By Coutelier Posted on June 18, 2017 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments Tagged with grammar, split infinitives, writeblr, writing

Long story short – splitting infinitives in English is absolutely fine.  The reason some people think it’s wrong seems to go back to Latin being far more commonly taught to people and it’s impossible to split infinitives in Latin.  But …

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By Coutelier Posted on June 1, 2017 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments Tagged with grammar, writing

badsciencejokes: Can we invent an eraser?

It’s or its?

By Coutelier Posted on May 23, 2017 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments Tagged with grammar, writblr, writeblr, writing

I keep getting this wrong even though I know the rule – I just often don’t pay attention.  The reason this is confusing to many people is that we’re taught to use apostrophes to show possession, which most of the …

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