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celticeagle @celticeagle (189789) • Boise, Idaho 13 Dec

I am online a lot. I am on YouTube nearly every day, I do a lot of research, I check my emails on different platforms, I interact on Mylot, I add something occasionally to Facebook, etc. I am also a member of a writing site and...

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Do you know anyone who always seems to have a book in their hand?

Shavkat @Shavkat (141906) • Philippines 3 Sep

During my high school days, I had a classmate that memorized all the English words in a dictionary book. Most of my classmates call him a 'walking dictionary.' It is because he can say the meanings of those words. However, he does...

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What spelling mistakes really annoy you .....

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11252) • United Kingdom 16 Jun

Maybe it's because of the job that I have, but I am really bugged when people spell words incorrectly . Not the tricky , uncommon words.....I mean the every day words.... Here are some of my horrors .... Egnore instead of...

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Using Grammarly for English vocabulary

@mayka123 @mayka123 (17083) • India 20 Jan 25

Grammarly is a handy tool that helps you write better by checking grammar, spelling, and punctuation as you type. It suggests making your writing more precise and more to the point, even helping with the tone. You can use it...

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Bombed it...

Stacey @xstitcher (38999) • Petaluma, California 16 Jan 25

Well, I had difficulty hearing exactly what the lady (who was the proctor) said, but I called the proctor of the test that I took, and I passed the English/grammar part, but of course not the math part. She said...

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Grammar Is Fun?

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 17 Dec 24

Grammar can be fun. But let's face it. It can also be hard and confusing. For one thing, there's just too many nuances to a lot of it. And then there's the age old argument between whether it's an issue of proper grammar, or...

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'Proper' English is going to the dogs

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 8 Jan 24

The photo doesn’t relate to the discussion but aren’t the gum/eucalyptus trees behind Kink a lovely colour? I read this in an online news article and, while I got a smile out of it, I also felt annoyed that I am seeing more and...

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Question: When you read or hear poor grammar, how do you typically respond?

Shavkat @Shavkat (141906) • Philippines 17 Nov 23

I am not surprised that some people feel physical stress from hearing bad grammar. These people are portraying themselves as perfectionists. Since I have been a virtual ESL teacher for more than a decade now, I do not make myself...

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A flying horse? I'd like to see that!

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 30 Jul 23

The image doesn’t have much to do with the text apart from a horse being involved. The photo shows three riders heading towards Vince. The horses have to step over the railway lines but there is no danger of meeting a train as the...

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Some governments take addressing societies problems a bit too far

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 25 Jul 23

Either that, or they need to hire better proofreaders and copy editors. The municipality adopting this harsh treatment of homeless people was not revealed in the Tweet (and I'll keep calling them that until the Muskrat officially...

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sentence structure

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Language and Grammar: Korean, Japanese... What languages do you love to listen to?

Piyoz the Great @piyoz000 (487) • Philippines 27 Jun 23

Watching movies is one favorite pastime of mine and most movies I've watched are those of foreign languages. You name it all, but my most favorite ones are movies in Korean and Japanese. Not only that their tone and language are...

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Quillbot is very useful

Johh John @Imsorry9 (235) • Philippines 26 Jun 23

I am not good or fluent in English. I'm just using Quillbot to check my grammar. Some of the words that Quillbot is modifying are too deep. Have you heard of it or used it?It was invented or developed in 2017, and I started using...

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I need your help

Jenaisle @Jenaisle (16568) • Philippines 9 Jun 23

I want to know if there’s something wrong with the paragraph below with regard to grammar, spelling, inappropriate sequence of words, or incorrect prepositions. It is a paragraph in one of my short stories. ORIGINAL VERSION: “We...

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O, Jeeeezzzzz !

julito @antonbunot (11146) • Calgary, Alberta 5 Nov 22

Hi, everyone? How are you doing? Good? Anyway, I have fun reading comments of people in the internet. A moment ago, I read one commented (Facebook) -“ mind-blowing guitarist!” It is his performance ( surely, not his looks) is...

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I Before E is Wrong

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 1 Oct 22

When we were kids in school, we were taught this little rhyme to help us with spelling certain words. "I before E, except after C." But it doesn't work. There are many examples of words where this rule clearly does not apply. So,...

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Grammarly is not better than...

Shavkat @Shavkat (141906) • Philippines 2 Jun 22

...QuillBot. I am sure some of you are using Grammarly for your write-ups or compositions here and there. I found a better version of it through the help of QuillBot. One of my online stunts recommended it and here, I wanted to...

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English

Dini @Andini (3208) • Indonesia 31 Oct 21

Hiiiii everyone, Next month my college will take english test where besides grammar there will also be listening and speaking skill test. For this I have downloaded toefl practice apps and learn english...

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grammar

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I before E ...

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (52144) • Staten Island, New York 1 May 21

I just remembered that there is a rule in the English language that says: i before e but not after c There are so many words in English where i comes after e. Neighbor, caffeine,...

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grammar

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I am Feeling Happy, Need your Suggestion

Bhaskar jyoti Hawborah @Bhaskarjhborah (737) • India 20 Mar 21

I feel that my writing skills have improved a bit. Earlier I had to think many times to write a line on English. But now I am able to write a lot of lines, that too very soon. Earlier, when I read my own written post, it seemed...

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Dot Your I’s and Cross Your T’s , actually means?

CrimsonSpork @Manasha (2933) • Pondicherry, India 22 Feb 21

I came across the following sentence Dot Your I’s and Cross Your T’s I could understand that it implies the meaning of paying attention before we complete work. However, what I AND T mean by it? any inputs, please

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checking the meaning

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