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Commonly Confused Words (1)

of vs. off: of is a preposition used to indicate a relationship by linking parts of a sentence: “a piece of metal,” “south of the tower,” “arrival of the Queen” off is used to indicate distance, removal or deactivation: “It was wiped off the ground,” “I turned it off,” “The dog ran off.”

affect vs. effect: affect is a verb, meaning to influence: “He is affected by the weather.” effect is a noun, referring to the results of that: “The medicine had barely any effect.”

lose vs. loose: lose is a verb, meaning to fail or to misplace something: “How you manage to lose everything is beyond me.” loose is an adjective, for something not properly secured: “The screw is loose.”

than vs. then than is a conjunction used to compare two things: “Tea is better than coffee.” then is an adverb indicating time: “See you then!”

conscious vs. conscience conscious refers to the state of being awake or aware of something: “He was alert and conscious when the thieves arrived.” conscience is a built-in sense of what’s right and wrong: “I can not in good conscience let you do that.”

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disassemble vs. dissemble disassemble means to take something apart: “We disassembled the cabinet together.” dissemble means to hide one’s beliefs or feelings: “She knew she had to dissemble her feelings to avoid a lecture.”

imply vs. infer imply means to hint at something: “He implied he was having an affair.” infer means to make an aducated guess and acts as the opposite to imply: “She inferred that he had been disloyal.”

disinterested vs. uninterested disinterested means being unbiased about something: “I asked an impartial third-party to get a disinterested take.” uninterested means being indifferent and having no interest at all: “I tried to show him, but he was uninterested.”

empathy vs. sympathy empathy describes feeling what someone else feels: “His natural empathy meant that he was always feeling bad for someone.” sympathy is a feeling of compassion or feeling bad for someone: “She showed no sympathy for her victims.”

grisly vs. grizzly grisly means something disgusting, horrible, or repulsive: “The killer left a grisly sight behind.” grizzly is a large species of brown bears: “No, you cannot cuddle the grizzly!”

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Commonly Confused Words (3): Who vs. Whom

Who functions either as the subject of a sentence ("Who told Jason that?") or as nominative pronoun in the predicate ("I met the one who was told by Marie.")

Whom functions as the object of either a verb ("Marie saw whom?") or a preposition, such as for whom, by whom, to whom, ... ("Jason talked to whom?").

Generally, if you can replace the word with he or she, use who ("He/Who told Jason that?"). If you can replace it with him and her, use whom ("Marie saw him/whom?") In some cases, you may need to restructure the sentence for this to work: "Who told Jason that?" — "She told Jason that." ✓ "Whom did Jason tell?" — "Him did Jason tell." ✗ → "Jason told him." ✓

"Why does whom sound weird in the beginning of the sentence?" The usual structure of an English sentence is Subject, Verb, Object. Putting "whom" (the object) in the beginning can sound off. To avoid this, you can restructure the sentence: "Whom did Jason talk to?" → "Jason talked to whom?"

End Note: Though it is not grammatically correct, it is generally not considered a big mistake to use who when whom should be used, especially in casual speech. Sometimes, it may even be preferred as it sounds more natural, even though it is technically incorrect: "Who did Jason tell?"

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phased vs. fazed phased is typically followed by in or out, used to mean when something is introduced or being stopped slowly: “The company has slowly been phasing in the new software.” fazed refers to the state of being bothered by something; usually used in its negative form: “She remained unfazed.”

discrete vs. discreet discrete is usually used in a mathematical context and means to separate: “It is an ongoing process rather than a discrete event.” discreet means something inconspicuous or subtle: “I want this handled discreetly.”

ascent vs. assent ascent refers to climbing something: “She begun the ascent at dawn.” assent is a formal way to refer to agreeing: “The consumer needs to assent to the privacy agreement.”

its vs it’s its is the possessive form of the pronoun it: “The dog laid on its back.” it’s = it + is/was: “It’s not possible!”

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I saw you had posted, something along the lines of, books that explore dark themes should be read in order for us to learn evil in this world, and to learn that it's wrong. But fiction doesn't affect reality, then why would anybody learn anything from exploring dark themes in a book? Learning means being affected. Tbh tbh the biggest importance of that applies to learning IRL/receiving information, not from books. How do these ideas coexist with one another? How does "fiction doesn't affect reality" and "we can learn from fiction" line up lol? I don't mean this as an argument, just curious as to what u meant

when I say “fiction doesn’t affect reality”, what I mean is “if someone lets fiction affect their reality in a way that they believe bad things in fiction are okay in real life because they’re portrayed as such in fiction, then chances are that with or without the fiction they consume, they are already troubled and they need help. but their inability to separate fiction from reality is not artists’ responsibility. because artists are not their parents or babysitters.” I have always said this in most of my posts that say fiction doesn’t affect reality.

normal people can learn why these bad things in fiction are wrong in real life (or if they just want to consume them for entertainment, that’s fine too), fiction has helped me understand more about how manipulation works, for instance. that’s how fiction affects me in a positive way (so I know when/if someone tries to manipulate me). but normal people don’t read a fic with cannibalism and think “oh! okay, I should start eating people too!” that’s how fiction doesn’t affect reality.

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anon in my inbox said fanfic writers who wrote about dark and taboo topics were not “real writers” because of what they wrote about.

reblog if you believe anon is wrong and writers are writers, no matter what they write about. no matter how they portray these taboo topics.

reblog if you believe art can be about topics that are controversial, taboo or outright disturbing, and artists who create controversial, taboo or outright disturbing art are as valid as artists who create art of conservative values.

reblog to laugh at anon ♡

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amoral vs. immoral amoral means having no sense of morality: “A predator killing its prey to survive is an amoral killing.” immoral describes someone who knowingly goes against (generally) morally accepted ideas: “It would be immoral to stand behind the killer.”

advice vs. advise advice is a noun, meaning a suggestion about something: “Let me give you some advice…” advise is a verb, meaning to give someone advice: “I strongly advise not to do that.”

worth vs. worthwhile worth is an adjective used after verbs, meaning having a particular value: “How much is it worth?” worthwhile is an adjective used before a noun, meaning useful or good value: “Is that really a worthwhile way to spend your summer?”

bear vs bare bare means naked: “She looked at her bare body.” bear is a noun refering to an animal or a verb meaning to carry or endure: “I could hardly bear it.”

elicit vs. illicit elicit is a verb meaning to bring out a response of some sort: “His joke elicits laughter.” illicit is an adjective that refers to something illegal or unacceptable: “They were caught up in an illicit relationship.”

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Alternatives to "Saw"

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When a character notices something quickly:

»-♡→ Spotted »-♡→ Caught sight of »-♡→ Glimpsed »-♡→ Noticed »-♡→ Detected »-♡→ Clocked »-♡→ Picked out »-♡→ Espied »-♡→ Observed »-♡→ Sighted

...or if they're searching for something:

➺ Scanned ➺ Surveyed ➺ Examined ➺ Inspected ➺ Searched ➺ Swept their gaze across ➺ Looked over ➺ Studied ➺ Pored over ➺ Scrutinized

...or if they're admiring something:

➵ Beheld ➵ Gazed at ➵ Admired ➵ Marveled at ➵ Took in ➵ Drank in ➵ Appreciated ➵ Feasted their eyes on ➵ Reveled in ➵ Absorbed

...or if they're shocked or horrified:

̗̀➛ Witnessed ̗̀➛ Stared at ̗̀➛ Gawked at ̗̀➛ Recoiled from the sight of ̗̀➛ Bore witness to ̗̀➛ Froze at the sight of ̗̀➛ Locked eyes on ̗̀➛ Gaped at ̗̀➛ Couldn't look away from ̗̀➛ Found themselves staring at

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PSA: NEW SCAM BOT ALERT

not sure if it’s “new” but in the past couple days, my friends and I have each been receiving about dozens of this exact message with the exact same script from various random blogs.

but instead of empty blogs that are very obviously bots, these blogs all have profile pictures and reblogs on their blogs like any other normal blogs. although if you scroll down far enough, most of them are very recently created, with the first ever reblogs from their blogs being from less than a week ago — which makes me think they’re newly created blogs with reblogs and profile pictures, so that they’re not very obviously bots anymore. but they all use the same script.

obviously I did not contact them, and I have all of them blocked and reported. because I know if I did contact them, they would try and convince me that my blog was somehow “compromised” one way or another, and then they’d say I’d have to contact this random guy on discord (instead of tumblr support) and then I’d have to change the email I associated my blog with to their new email that they gave me. then boom. the second my blog was registered with their email, they had control of everything, and chances were that I’d never be able to get my blog back. or worse, they had access to my personal information too. it’s all the same scam tactics.

do NOT fall for them. do NOT contact any shady, random person on discord or any other platform. the ONLY way you contact support when you have an issue with your blog is directly through tumblr support. not a random guy on discord.

I’m not disclosing their url because even though I’m 90% sure it’s a bot, I don’t want to accidentally send people to harass an innocent person in case of the blog having originally belonged to an innocent person before they were hacked. because when these scammers/bots hack someone’s blog, they use the blog to further scam other people, since the blog was originally a legit blog, it won’t look “empty and obviously a bot”.

stay safe everyone.

Watch out, everyone. ⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️

just curious, and maybe i haven't looked enough on your page, if so, i apologize in advance, but are you mdni? i am turning 18 in like, 3 months, and i was just wondering if it's a breach of boundaries or anything sorry if this is a strange question again, ill make sure to unfollow if so $!$($+3!_;3(!__

I don’t care who follows or interacts with my posts. and I don’t want to know strangers’ ages because those are their private informations. I also think that if you’re old enough to be on the internet, you’re old enough to curate what you see online and what blogs you read /gen

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hey so. don’t do this.

“coming from a place of respect” there is nothing respectful about a comment like this. this is exactly why I say witch hunt, speculations and accusations harm the writing community as much as ai does, if not more.

I am not saying “you’re an asshole if you think a fic is ai”. I have come across fics that I believe were ai-generated. but instead of asking (accusing) the authors, I make my own decisions whether I’ll continue reading for the benefit of the doubt or quietly exit the fics and look for something else to read.

because with every accusation like this, there’s always a chance of a genuine, innocent writer getting wrongly accused.

last but not least, fanfic writers do NOT owe you anything. they write for themselves and their own enjoyment. their ao3 accounts are their houses and they were kind enough to let you in their houses. for free. (you get to read things for free.) you don’t go into other people’s houses and tell them “actually I think the way you decorate your room is sus. did you actually do it yourself or did you ask a robot to do it for you?”. THEY 👏🏻 DON’T 👏🏻 OWE 👏🏻 YOU 👏🏻 ANYTHING. and I say this as someone who is not a fan of ai fics. if you don’t like what you’re seeing, quietly leave.

*the following is not about the fic in this specific post. in general, I still strongly believe people who let ai write for them should tag their works as ai accordingly. but if we want more people to be honest about it, we’ll have to stop shaming and harassing people who actually tag their ai-generated fics accordingly. harassment is never justified. not to mention, it will only make “ai writers” refrain from tagging their ai-generated works as such. and then there’s no way for anyone to know for absolute certainty if it’s ai. therefore the raise of witch hunt.