Karen Degroot Carter in The Writing Cooperative ·15 hours ago 只有会员 The Duality of Certain Indefinite Pronouns Defined And when to use singular or plural verbs with these particular pronouns in your writing — My college-age kiddos sometimes ask me questions related to grammar. Recently one question had to do with whether to use “is” or “are” with “none” in a sentence. While once upon a time I would’ve insisted that “none,” which means “not one” in Middle English, should take a singular verb… Grammar 3 min read Grammar 3 min read
Christina M. Ward in ILLUMINATION ·14 hours ago 只有会员 If You Feel the Need to Correct Another Writer’s Work 这是如何在不侮辱或尴尬的情况下做到这一点的方法 - 为什么我们看不到自己的错误？我们都这样做。我们发布错误或错别字的内容。有一天，我们的校对眼睛被我们自己的错误模糊。其他因素可能会导致：视觉疲劳差的眼镜疲倦的压力认知问题 - 这可能使他们更难看到我们自己的错误。但是有时… Grammar 3 min read Grammar 3 min read
Janice Tovey ·2 days ago 只有会员 Words You Are Pronouncing Wrong Common words we mispronounce — It is no wonder that we are pronouncing these words wrong. English is a profoundly difficult language. English is estimated to be over a thousand years old and regarded as a bit of a mongrel; a combination of Old English, Latin, Anglo-French and Old Norse. English is very often counterintuitive… Grammar 1 min read Grammar 1 min read
Christina M. Ward in ILLUMINATION ·2 days ago 只有会员 Commonly Misspelled Words I’ll Likely Get Wrong Forever And no…it’s not their, they’re, or there — We all have them. Our commonly misspelled words. Our word nemeses. Nemesis? Nem..me..seees? You know, those dang words we think we will never, ever learn to spell correctly? I’ll share mine…if you share yours in the comments. Let’s go. 1. Niece or Neice? This one trips me up every time. I before e except… Grammar 4 min read Grammar 4 min read
unRedacTheFacts ·3 days ago Letter to The Atlantic’s Editor: “Monuments to the Unthinkable” The Passive Use of the Passive Voice The following is a Letter to the Editor, unpublished by The Atlantic. Dear Letters Editor: I am an architect that specializes in historic preservation and I am also an independent researcher on what I have described as redacted grammar and language (RGL) in… Grammar 4 min read Grammar 4 min read
Jose Luis Ontanon Nunez in ILLUMINATION ·3 days ago 只有会员 I Tested an AI-Generated Text Against the Best Grammar Correction Software Programs How well did it rate in Grammarly, ProWritingAid, and Hemingway App — After writing an article about “How AI Text Generators Will Impact the Writing Industry,” I tried different programs to see how they compete against some articles published on other web pages. I’ve even “asked Chatopen.ai … Grammar 7 min read Grammar 7 min read
Kena Shah in The Writing Cooperative ·4 days ago 只有会员 同义词：它们可以互换吗？ The majority of the time, they aren’t — Ah, synonyms. The handy tool every college student whips out to give their essay a sophisticated voice — while doing the polar opposite. You might be surprised to learn that synonyms cannot be used interchangeably. Contrary to what is taught in grade school, the use of synonyms requires a bit… Grammar 4 min read Grammar 4 min read
Marlenée Heath ·3 days ago Things I Learned this Week Week 1 — facts discovered by writing and researching Fact 1: "The Cure" Reading Queer in Russia; A story of Sex, Self and the Other by Laurie Essig, I reviewed it was Soviet homosexual men who were criminalized (sent to prison) and lesbians who were institutionalized (sent to hospitals). … Grammar 3 min read Grammar 3 min read
Lawrence Martin ·3 days ago “Who the hell is ‘he’?” by Larry Martin drlarry437@gmail.com Leafy Bough College, Vermont. Classroom seminar on learning to write fiction, for college sophomores. “Welcome back students,” says the professor, a middle-aged, multi-published author. “At our last session, we discussed excessive use of “that” in writing fiction. … Grammar 14 min read Grammar 14 min read
Clive Thompson ·6天前 只有会员 Why Is My iPhone Suddenly Ending My Sentences With A Period?! It’s making me sound furious. All the time. — What the heck is going on with the iPhone these days? For years, I’ve used voice dictation to compose most text on my phone. Now, I don’t use it to write journalism or formal prose. But emails, messaging, comments on social media, “notes to self”? Dictate away! That sort of… Grammar 6 min read Grammar 6 min read
