Grammar and Syntax

This is the place to ask about grammar, punctuation, tenses, and all things syntax.

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Maryn
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All About Semicolons
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JohnM2
JohnM2
evilrooster
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Useful Grammar and Syntax References On The Web
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Dorhugs
Dorhugs
FennelGiraffe
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Dialog Punctuation and Capitalization
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Oscar1
Oscar1
Maryn
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The Definitive Lay-or-Lie Thread
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BethS
TemlynWriting
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Frequently Asked Grammar Questions
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TemlynWriting
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Norsebard
Could someone please explain this (recent?) US-English term
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6
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250
clover
clover
Maryn
Gerunds, Participles, and Confusion
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1
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240
Woollybear
Woollybear
Nether
[Answered] Do you prefer sorries or "sorry"s?
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935
Brigid Barry
Brigid Barry
HWigton
Is it 'ne', and how do you format it?
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24
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695
benbenberi
benbenberi
Paul Lamb
Possessives of foreign words in English text
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5
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173
Paul Lamb
Paul Lamb
Nether
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Greets as a dialogue tag? [Answered]
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22
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897
Sage
Sage
Jeff N.
-ed or -ing
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7
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542
Lakey
Lakey
Maryn
Comma? No Comma?
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13
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636
Jeff N.
Jeff N.
Haley7
Has or have?
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12
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487
Paul Lamb
Paul Lamb
AmeliaAlbergee
Need clarification for writing: narrative sentence interrupting a dialog sentence, without a dialogue tag
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mshalliday
Bitterboots
the dreaded semi colon
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Fergus MacGuffin
Fergus MacGuffin
Nonimoon9
Best ways to play with tense shifts intentionally?
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10
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572
lizmonster
lizmonster
PDXYZ
The Daily Cavil
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2
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324
Unimportant
Question about Is or Was in the present tense
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7
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709
Woollybear
Woollybear
Brigid Barry
Commas inside or outside quotation marks but NOT about dialogue (or action) tags - and a bonus capitalization question
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Realspiritik
Realspiritik
writera
Can't decide the best way to say this?
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3
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491
Lundgren
Lundgren
BudMcMann
Complex Comma Question
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5
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714
JudiH
JudiH
Where to begin..
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5
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518
Maryn
Maryn
benbenberi
Tense confusion - what's the right version here?
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13
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800
jhbertel
JudiH
adjectives
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12
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919
jhbertel
Jazz Club
Italicising 'foreign' words
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16
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973
Paul Lamb
Paul Lamb
Realspiritik
The 1913 Cambridge English Exam
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11
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826
Maryn
Maryn
Nether
If 4 culprits die and 2 are arrested, would it be weird to refer to the group as having been caught?
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16
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839
FlightlessBird
FlightlessBird
Nether
If an object is what casts a shadow rather than light, how do I describe light's role?
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Ari Meermans
Ari Meermans
msd
Should I keep or drop the accent in dialogue spoken in a different language?
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22
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Ari Meermans
Ari Meermans
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