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: According to CMOS, can I change plural words in a quotation to singular, and vice versa? Consider, for example, that the following sentence is from an external source and that I desire to quote
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: The right way to write When debating with someone about how to write eloquently, I argued that one needs to learn grammatical structures so that grammar comes easily when writing, but he said
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: Where does "inaugural" go in this sentence? I’ve been trying to adjust my short bio/blurb on LinkedIn to include the word “inaugural†in it, but, as soon as I do, it makes everything
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: Where do the punctuation marks belong in this sentence? I'm writing an essay and I need to know whether the following piece of writing is okay to use and where to put punctuation marks? Perhaps
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: Separating two separate bits of information in parenthesis I have this excerpt of text from a scientific paper: ... such as mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA; maternally inherited) or non-recombining regions
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: Are Said Phrases Dependent Clauses, Independent Clauses or Phrases? I have been stuck on these two questions for figuring out whether or not these are independent or dependent clauses/ phrases.
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: What's the proper form of "As a judge of your parents actions"? A grammar checker is saying I have two options, but which one is proper since you have two parents: parents' parent's Note: this
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: Specific use of apostrophe at the beginning of a sentence This is a highly specific scenario for which I haven't been able to find a concrete answer. When you write the contraction 'Tis (It
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: Is it acceptable to put the period after the quotation mark? As a programmer, it always bothered me when the period was inside the quotation marks, like so: His nickname was "Quincy."
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: Indirect reference following brackets in scientific literature I've got a bracketed reference in a scientific manuscript I'm writing, that immediately follows bracketed text like so: ...rather than
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: Should items separated by commas be alphabetical? When writing a list of items, should they be alphabetical? The late Jurassic periods are Tithonian, Kimmeridgian, and Oxfordian. better? The late
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: Using 'somehow' in a sentence This is what I have: Entering the house, she realized that somehow, inside was worse. I'm just using the comma here as a natural pause but should it have a comma
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: How are the limits of regional vernacularism/slang should be employed in a novel that is true to the area and time? What's an acceptable amount of non-standard English that can be used to depict
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: What could be a way to improve my English writing? I know there are general recommendations to improve English writing skills but I wonder if anyone could suggest hyper-personalized ways for
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: Correctly phrasing a sentence containing "along with" followed by a list I have the following sentence structure and I am wondering about the best way to phrase it: "Along with A, B, C
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: Capitalization for a thought mid-sentence This is an example of something I've run into: I felt my excitement grow at the view, with “now THIS is a true alien world!†running through my
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: "He laughed a laugh." It seems correct to use a noun as a verb in the same sentence but should you? I'm struggling with the title question in some of my current writing, so should you? Or
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: Hyphen or no-hyphen for adjective phrase for impact/emphasis/clarity? Here are two alternatives, one with a hyphen of previously-obscured one without as previously obscured: As our global society
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: Tense-inadequate but Meaningful I was writing the conclusion to one of my short stories in which the main character has to endure a bit of humiliation so that everyone else gets to have a
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: Engineer who wants to improve their writing from scratch To expand on the title, I am about to finish my engineering degree. However, I haven't really written an essay for the past ten years.
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: Formal letter: capitalization after salutation? In many formal letters, the first word after the salutation (e.g. "Dear Sir or Madam,") is the pronoun I, which is always capitalized. However,
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: Resume sentence fragment conundrum I am updating my resume and need help making this sentence grammatically correct. Is it ok as is? It is for a bullet point list of job duties on a resume.
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: Characters with apostrophe names I have created a world, and one of the cultures has mainly apostrophe names - Vax'Ildan, Vex'Ahlia, Soih'Ym... How would this work grammatically - possessive and
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: Should my character speak like an layman or a Latin teacher? 'He tracked and updated 182 patient statuses' OR 'He tracked and updated 182 patient stati?' I believe "statuses" is correct. However,
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: Is it really necessary for a novelist to follow phrase structure rules radically? I have read many novels and found that the writers do not follow basic phrase structure rules while constructing
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: If you're writing a story where the location is based in the USA, should you adapt your spelling to the American way, rather than British? If an Australian writer writes a story based in America
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: Zero-that clause (noun clause with that) After omitting "that" from a that-clause, is the clause still dependent? Or, does doing this turn it into an independent clause? For example: Before:
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: Using "her/him" twice in a sentence I'm an English learner, and I had a question about writing "her" twice in one sentence. For example, what would sound better for formal writing? (This is
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: Adjective alongside verb "Marlon walked suspicious along the corridor". It's important to stress that Marlon was (still) suspicious (not suspected, nor walking suspiciously) about something (that
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: Which sentence is grammatically correct? Question.. Which sentence is grammatically correct below? It forces me to confront my issues as there are no visible clutter that is distracting me. or
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: Do academic papers have to be necessarily grammatically correct? I notice that a lot of beautiful literature contains sentences that are not grammatically correct. Here are some examples:
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: Apparent contradiction in rules about writing that I learnt throughout my education I noticed that there are a few inconsistencies in what I was taught throughout my English education, and I
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: How do you quote a quote? There's this sentence from Marie Kondo’s book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing that I want to use as a title
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: How to properly put asterisk around a term? How do I properly put asterisk around this title? Do I put it at the end of the title of after the term, KonMari Method? Which one is correct?
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: How do you properly quote a quote as a title? There's this sentence from Marie Kondo’s book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing that I want
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: How can I make this formal paragraph more exciting, engaging and friendly? Text: "Your order has been received. A digital proof of your personalized item will be sent to you via Etsy Conversation
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: Wreckage or wreckages I'm trying to describe a ring of broken, destroyed spacecraft. I want to use wreckage ring or ring of wreckage or ring of wreckages. Wreckages is an interesting word that
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: Is the punctuation of my dialogue in this novel section correct? I am just starting out my novel, if I can get this quotation punctuation correctly it'll massively help me throughout the book,
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: Where can I find a beta reader for grammatical issues? I’m looking forward to finding a beta reader to help getting me past my grammatical inaccuracies during my attempts at writing short
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: Software or Softwares It seems to me that softwares is incorrect. I am of the opinion that software is partitive. I try to use some software or piece of software. Do you think it is incorrect
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