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https://www.edx.org/course/english-grammar-style-uqx-write101x-0#! This is a course I found on "English grammar and style". It is offered from QA university through the edX site and it's free! It's labeled a " write 101" course and although it officially commenced on 7/26 you are still allowed to enroll! I though it could be good to share (sharing is caring
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Is there a proofing programme specifically for authors? I've been using word and Grammarly as my proofreader and I'm not happy with either. Can someone recommend a better proofing software? I've been looking at Ginger and something called 'white smoke'. They all indulge in aggressive marketing in that they push you to sign for paid subs without being able to evaluate the basic programme. I use dialogue in my stories so I need to have ready dictionary access so the proofing doesn't throw up continual and similar errors. Any help would be appreciated.
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I've decided to henceforth ignore the rule not to end sentences in a preposition. The person who thought that one up definitely had too much time on their hands. I don't care if it follows an old Latin mandate. My writing, my rules. Anyone else has a grammar pet peeve? Maybe I'll learn about something else to ignore.
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Instead of the monthly "Chicago Style Workout" quiz, they decided to do something fun for the New Year. So where do you fall on the Grammar-Stickler Scale? I'm a big ol' eight. As inflexible as a steel rod. http://cmosshoptalk.com/2018/12/20/where-are-you-on-our-grammar-stickler-sliding-scale/?fbclid=IwAR15RB2brDalmXmACF4SfQrr12mrVKvRH0U7oibPJsthHdI4RiEVtbZTaOs
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Hey there! As some of you know I'm not a native speaker, so I often stumble across words I either don't know, or don't understand how to use. Most of my problems are with context, but I do reach the limit of my idiomatic/slang vocabulary more often these days, and I want to use this thread to get clarity, help and grammar lessons (thehehe). The may/might thing I recently discovered was the start. I'm happy to know now how to actually use those words correctly, yay me! But there is one thing that has me constantly befuddled. I'm actually going crazy over it. I've tried Leo, OpenOffice and Word when Scrivener put its red squiggly line beneath it, and I still don't get it. What is correct - "gray" or "grey"? I know one is BE and one is AE, but why do I find "grey" in AE-stories? Can I use both? Is there some secret to that color that makes one way of writing it better than the other under special circumstances?
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I've been having something of a tussle with 'that'.... I've been editing for someone who uses 'that' a lot. And, just to note, I used 'who' there, as alluded to in tuberunner's topic on that particular issue. However, the stuff that I have been editing... And that's it exactly ... I could also say 'the stuff I've been editing'. I find the use of 'that' in such circumstances is not seemingly wrong, but I do find it tiresome, and I also think it clogs up writing and makes it more of a wade. Comment / opinions / advice, please