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  1. This week we go over even more clauses. This week we continue our discussion on clauses. Clauses can be categorized by whether or not they are necessary to the meaning of the noun in the sentence. An essential clause, also called a defining clause or a restrictive clause is essential to the meaning of the noun in the sentence. Example: The car that I just bought in the driveway. The restrictive clause, that I just bought, distinguishes the car from any and all others. Non-restrictive clauses are the opposite, insomuch as that they can be omitted from the sentence without changing its meaning. The Mustang, which only has 25,000 miles on it, needs new brakes. Omitting which has only 25,000 miles on it does not change the sentence's meaning, making the clause non-restrictive. Helpful Tip: That vs Which. Usually, the word that starts restrictive clauses, and the word which starts non-restrictive clauses. Non-restrictive clauses are usually separated from the sentence by commas, while restrictive clauses are not. I'm going to be restrictive and not cover this Claus: References: Kern, Jara. (2020). The Infographic Guide to Grammar. Adams Media Venolia, Jan. (2001). Write Right! (4th ed.). Ten Speed Press
  2. Keeps them cool while making them hot! Lol
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  4. I'm not sure what you are getting at? Our search engine returns the same. I just looked for Frigate and got plenty of results... including your post and multiple stories. Negative. I've experimented a lot with this and Rolling 3 Month doesn't capture trends or interesting new things. It is far healthier for our authors to have more time relevant exposure in our weekly emails (which show the previous 30 days). I will continue to do longer term posts like this one that capture a longer term, more stable snapshot. I will also do a yearly wrap that looks back on the whole year. Thank you, I am glad you are enjoying and supporting the site.
  5. The appropriate number should return on your next blog post.
  6. I think I have it patched now.
  7. It's pretty close to current, except you'll be able to post a chapter unpublished and edit it until it looks the way you want it. Then you can publish it.
  8. We have a pretty big Story Archive change arriving very soon. We have separated Adding a story to the system and publishing. This should finally address the issues related to setting a publishing time. First up. You now add all the story meta data first. If you are still in the moderation queue and the story is not yet publicly published, editing the story will remove Moderation approval if you have it. These steps are the same, except you no longer enter Prologue or Chapter 1 during the "Add Story" step. When you save the story/submit to moderation, the story will now flag the top of your story with the statuses. These are visible to the author and the site staff. If you are out of the moderation queue or have your story approved by the moderator, then you'll see that status displayed: Once you have added chapter 1, if you are not out of the mod queue, you'll see this until the chapter is approved: Editing the chapter or the story After it is Approved, but before it is published, removes the approval and sends it back to the moderator queue. So be sure to make any tweaks to the visual as soon as you add it to the system. When everything is posted and approved, you'll get the green bars and the Publish Story button: You can then toggle the publish now button and publish now, or let the date be your guide: Important change! Publishing the story automatically publishes the Story, the prologue (if you have one) and chapter 1 all at once. There is no option to separate these. You can also add more chapters. The chapters will have similar bars on top that shows you the status. You can set the publishing time of the approved chapters. People out of the mod queue will be able to set multiple chapters. When you set a publishing, it will show you on the bar when it will publish. If you have not posted a new chapter in the previous 24 hours, it will let you publish now, otherwise, it'll set the time to the minimum time allowed between chapters. (24 hours) Example of stetting launch time of story: Example of preset publish chapters for author out of moderation: But that's not all. There is now a handy little prompt for members at the bottom of chapters if you are not following the story, you'll see a reminded at the bottom of the chapter to follow it: If you are following, but not following the author that wrote it, you'll see this: We have also added the new buttons to the Author page so things are consistent: There are other tweaks and fixes too. Be sure to check it out!
  9. Welcome to week 18 of our ongoing Grammar Guide. This week we are going to chat about complex phrases, the Clause. A clause is a phrase with a subject and a verb and any complements the verb requires. Depending on the type of clause, it may or may not stand alone as a sentence. Independent Clause - Expresses a complete thought. Two or more independent Clauses can be joined together with a conjunction. Example 1: The shingles blew off the roof. Example 2: I put them in the wheel barrow. With Conjunction: The shingles blew off the roof, and I put them in the wheel barrow. Without Conjunction: The shingles blew off the roof; I put them in the wheel barrow. A note on punctuation: Independent Clauses joined by and, but, for, or, nor, so, or yet should be separated by a comma. Independent clauses joined without a conjunction use a semicolon. Subordinate/Dependent Clause - Does not express a complete thought and does not make sense on its own. Typically modifies or clarifies an Independent clause. Often has: because, when, who, whom and other conjunctions or relative pronouns. Example 1: Because it was windy (this doesn't make sense standing alone.) Example 2: Because it was windy, the shingles blew off the roof. Santa Claus - Nah, never mind. References: Kern, Jara. (2020). The Infographic Guide to Grammar. Adams Media Venolia, Jan. (2001). Write Right! (4th ed.). Ten Speed Press
  10. It seems that way. The Achievement system is new and Blog isn't used much by Invision, I think. So it is probably a bug for mixed author blogs.
  11. I have looked at your account and reported the issue to our programmer. This is not an urgent issue, as you can simply ignore the notification as the work around for the time being.
  12. Probably. Figure it a nice feature for posting blogs for the site
  13. You can also try the quick search on the top of the stories page and select "Stories by Most Reviews" That gives you a great idea of what the beaten path looks like. (ie, the stories that compel people to write something). Since you can only review complete stories, it's another option for finding them.
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