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Yeah, with Word of the Day, I'm only posting 1-3 definitions of the word. Quite a few words have different uses and different meanings beyond what I post. English is a crazy language

Just to let you know, I'm going to be busy when Holiday 2022 arrives. Take. My. Money.

Welcome to week 11 of our Grammar Guide. This week is all about interjections. Interjections typically show up in dialog. Interjections are used to express emotion such as surprise, displeasure and other strong emotions. Interjections are typically abrupt as an aside or interruption and most often appear in dialog. Hey! Wow! Yuck! A strong interjection will typically have an exclamation point ! as punctuation. However, you will see them with a period if the reaction is more subdued. Whoa. Some suggestions on Interjections: Use them sparingly. Like the exclamation point, you should limit your use of interjections as they can quickly tire out the reader and lose their impact when overused. Sometimes, you can use !@#$@ to stand in for more... salty... interjections. Any word type can work as an Interjection Verb: Run! Noun: Dog! Adjective: Great! Some words are only interjections. Some examples: Oops! Ouch! Oh! Shh! Ahh! Listen! Don't over do the interjections. References: Kern, Jara. (2020). The Infographic Guide to Grammar. Adams Media Venolia, Jan. (2001). Write Right! (4th ed.). Ten Speed Press

You will have to define what you mean by this statement. The system only specifically prompts you to review at the bottom of the last chapter of a completed story.

I want to thank @Ciaas well for cleaning up this one as this was a joint effort.

Welcome to tenth Grammar Guide! This week we are going to be talking all about FANBOYS! Well, Myr & Cia are working together to talk about conjunctions, but FANBOYS are part of it. We'll get to that shortly. Conjunctions join two parts of a sentence together, and there are four types of conjunctions: Coordinating Conjunctions Coordinating Conjunctions - a conjunction placed between words, phrases, clauses, or sentences of equal rank. There are 7 of them and you can remember them with the mnemonic FANBOYS. When a conjunction joins two independent clauses, it must be preceded by a comma. Ex: I bought lettuce and carrots. Ex: I bought the lettuce, but she bought the carrots. Correlative Conjunctions Correlative Conjunctions - pairs of words that work together to connect two parts of a sentence that hold an equal value or correlate with one another. Some examples: either/or, neither/nor, such/that, both/and, as/as, whether/or, rather/than Ex: I ate neither the lettuce nor the carrots. Subordinating Conjunctions Subordinating Conjunctions - Join an independent or main clause and a dependent clause together, usually to modify the independent clause to provide a reason, result, cause, or purpose. When a sentence starts with a subordinating conjunction, the entire phrase is followed by a comma. The most common words used in subordinating conjunctions, which can be remembered with the acronym I SAW A WABUB are: If, Since, As, When, Although, While, After, Because, Until, Before. Ex: Since you are up, you can eat the lettuce. Conjunctive Adverbs Conjunctive Adverbs join two independent clauses in one sentence to show cause/effect, sequence of events, contrast, or connection. They are preceded with a semicolon and followed by a comma. There are common adverbs used for this purpose such as: however, therefore, nevertheless, besides, after all, finally Ex: Lettuce is healthy for you; however, it is not something I enjoy eating. References: Kern, Jara. (2020). The Infographic Guide to Grammar. Adams Media Venolia, Jan. (2001). Write Right! (4th ed.). Ten Speed Press

That is the exact part I hate.

I hate daylight savings time.

Tl;DR: All readers should rate to their feelings and provide as much as they are able as to why, the less stars they give. Though, 5 with reasons is good too. Also, use the Recommend button! That has lots of reasons why you like the story, without the hassle of having to write something. Longer version: As the branching off in this discussion has shown, there is a great deal of flexibility in how people approach stories. Flat out, everyone should review stories how they feel about them and don't act like an asshole. The star rating is an opinion, like the text added with it. Best case scenario, someone gives you 5 stars and lots of reasons they felt that way. Worst case scenario you get a 1 star and "everything sucks and you're a horrible human being." (We moderate those as that's an personal attack) So, how the system works, as this might be an ah-hah for new people: Story Comments allow you to write up some commentary/review/whatever on a story. They are availability at any time. Story Reviews are only open on complete stories and require a star rating and commentary of some sort in order to post. Something off topic from the original post, but tying into giving feedback to authors... Story Recommendations. They allow readers to give some canned reasons on why they like a story. Not as good as detailed reasons, but lets our more shy readers still say why they like something without the pressure of what to say or how to say it. I'm clearly in the camp of giving as many tools as possible to readers and writers to accommodate as many methods to do so as we can. My personal approach on stars... I don't write 1 star reviews. If I hate something that bad, I don't read it. 2 Star reviews are a case where I had to read it and made it to the end. 3, I liked the story. 4, I really liked the story. 5, I thought the story was outstanding. Note, unlike some others, I tend to see what I should see on grammar, spelling and you have to been really grossly off for me to notice. For Authors, you are going to get everything under the sun. If you get a less than 5 star review and it's not got any feedback in it and you care for the number you got, send the person a PM and ask them what they liked and didn't like. Maybe you can more feedback that way. Don't take it personally, unless it is personal. And if it is a personal attack, report it. That's a moderation issue. For readers, leave as much for the author as you can. As an author, I can say it helps to know what wasn't liked about a story. It's how we learn and get better with our craft. If you like a story, use the recommend system too and select the reasons. I personally find these much more useful than the reviews/review ratings... but it is just one aspect of what I use to find stories. This tells me a hell of a lot more than 1,2,3,4, or 5 stars tells me and what is often a few words (guilty of this myself). Readers find these easier too. We're not all gifted with words and, gosh it can be hard finding the right words to be supportive, push someone towards improvement, not crush their spirit and not discourage them. Congrats to @Mrsgnomie, as that is a snapshot from Boss Nanny, the most recommended story on site with 84 members giving it the thumbs up. This can tell you a lot too. 81 out of 84 members said "Characters". Of course, I'm an Engineering Manager... I look at numbers and correlate data for a living, so my point of view is probably horribly skewed. Does my meandering here help? @Carlos Hazday how do you view the different options? comments/star reviews/recommendations?