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For All the Grammar Ignoramuses

Want to write a good book, but are the annoying grammar rules beyond your reach? Got a good storyline, but cannot memorize what the simple things like verbs, nouns, and pronouns mean, let alone the big things like the Comma, Capitilization, and Quotation Mark Rules, for example? Sick of getting the comments along the lines of 'Good story, but you need help with grammar in this, this, and this'? Then 'For All the Grammar Ignoramuses' is for you! :D

If you know a bit about grammar, then, to have your say and help others with their projects, simply:
- Say what you know in an article, in an easy-to-read manner.
- Try not to copy rules, the meanings of verbs, nouns, etc. that someone else has already written- aka, if you wanna write something on pronouns, look to see whether or not someone else has already done so- just so we don't get too many unnecessary repeats.
- NO plagiarizing, please!!! And please, if you have researched your p ... more »

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Southernbelle76

11/10/2009 4:12 AM PST

I have contradictory advice about dialogue and tags. I need to know which of the following is correct.

"I love you," she said softly, "can we please go now?"

or

"I love you." She said softly, "Can we please go now?"

or

"I love you," she said softly. "Can we please go now?"

When you break the dialogue up to put a tag in between, do you use commas or periods? Do you capitalize the next word in the dialogue?

I need help dangit!

JaneAusten

5/20/2009 10:14 PM PDT

It's corrected now

JaneAusten

5/20/2009 10:14 PM PDT

Thanks for the tip!! :D

golgiapparatus

5/20/2009 9:16 PM PDT

It would be cool if the grammar in the group's description was right.

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JaneAusten

5/19/2009 10:19 PM PDT

Guys, I changed the order around a bit so that the 'literature' submissions (those telling grammar theories and stuff like that) go first. The only other one, which I wrote (Verbs) I put to be last, as that tends to be the way it goes in published grammar books- theories first, then the actual information stuff. :D I'll continue to do this, if you don't mind, so I'm just telling you now. I also hope to message you guys separately and tell you, too, even if I didn't move your submission, as I might in the future. Hope I'm not causeing any problems- sorry if I am.

JaneAusten

5/19/2009 10:11 PM PDT

I'll send you an invite, Breagadoir. You just have to accept! :D

Satyr

5/17/2009 12:01 AM PDT

I think you should be able to just start writing, Breag. We really need some more articles.

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Breagadoir

5/15/2009 5:03 PM PDT

How do I join this project?

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JaneAusten

5/10/2009 10:51 PM PDT

Thanks Satyr

Kirby_Jane_Ross

5/9/2009 5:27 AM PDT

lol typos

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Kirby_Jane_Ross

5/9/2009 5:27 AM PDT

Nah, I Love apostrohpies, They are really good with cool whip

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Satyr

5/8/2009 11:46 PM PDT

Why thank you, Lady Wisdom, you are really quite nice, too.

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JaneAusten

5/8/2009 4:07 PM PDT

:D Thet poem was really quite funny, Satyr! :D

Kirby_Jane_Ross

5/8/2009 3:25 PM PDT

(lunges forward on an executive style black leather chair){Mr. Burns <from the simpsons>impression}

I will ponder that thought

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Satyr

5/8/2009 2:27 PM PDT

Oh, dear, I plead with you Kirby_Jane_Ross,
Please do not turn away the poor apostrope
For without them we would be at a loss
And that would be quite a catastrophe.
Be it a punctuation or a diacritical mark
Without it we could not tell what we meant
By possessives we would be left in the dark
And for missing letters there would be no discernment.

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JaneAusten

5/7/2009 8:55 PM PDT

Sorry, but they are kind of needed. What is wrong with them?

Kirby_Jane_Ross

5/6/2009 11:55 PM PDT

ALL OF THEM

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JaneAusten

5/6/2009 9:26 PM PDT

Sorry, which apostrophe do you mean?

Kirby_Jane_Ross

5/5/2009 12:16 AM PDT

KILL THE APOSTROPHE PLZZ

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JaneAusten

5/4/2009 8:47 PM PDT

Yes, thanks, jjbellinski, Satyr pointed that out to me, too. :D The problem was, I knew that 'Ignorants' was the wrong usage of the meaning I meant to convey, but in New Zealand the word 'ignoramuses' is pretty much extinct- I mean, you hear it very rarely here. And Yukiko, you can, even people who instinctively know the rules of grammar and spelling (like me, for instance) can write stuff, to help others and toi share their knowledge. But guys, this is NOT a novel, and please don't treat it as such with stories that you might have otherwise put in to an article project, cause this is purely educational. If you have to put a story or something in it, please make sure it ties in VERY closely with the point you want to convey, about grammar. Thanks for hearing me! :D