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want to learn spanish and italian but irrationally terrified i will lose my french in the process

#the thing isssss i can read spanish (mostly) and pick up SOME of what’s said aloud but speaking beyond basics is lost on me especially #grammatically #other languages i think i’d be fine because they’re not as similar. like i would also like to learn irish and arabic. and maybe like.#norwegian or something (thanks skam)

I just saw a writing advice thing that said if something feels off, go back 10 sentences and see if you can fix it going forward there. It's helped me out a ton cuz going off on little weird holes that don't go anywhere is the pit

OH MY GOD, this is amazing advice, I'm going to try this the next time I'm looping round and round one sentence driving me crazy. I think I get lucky nine times of ten because I edit in three sweeps and leave notes ('go back and reference this earlier', things like that). But for some reason I didn't think of doing this when it's one sentence in particular. Thank you!

#ask response #writing advice #holy shit that's genius #cause sometimes the sentence is just WRONG #and like #I circle it and circle it and technically #grammatically #all of that is fine #but it's not right #you're right #there's prob something I missed like 10 sentences early #some sort of prep or reference #definitely going to try this next time #thank you!

darling dear is there a way i can look gormful

#grammatically #my post

Square up, I'm stronger. Grammatically.

Grade 10 Student

This is the quality content I write.

#yeah #writers #quotev #pretty #sure #it's #grammatically #incorrect #whatev

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doctor prescribed me to be weird alone in my room

#does this make sense #grammatically

Screwy grammar rule of the day:

If a compound word is used as an adjective preceding a noun (or sometimes an adverb), it has a hyphen. If it's used in other parts of speech, such as a noun or verb, it doesn't have a hyphen.

What?

Okay, example time:

We're supposed to check in at noon. (Check in is a noun, therefore it doesn't have a hyphen.)

What is the check-in time? (Check in is an adjective describing the noun time, so it gets a hyphen.)

Yes. That's right. The same words get different treatment based on what part they play in a sentence. Want some other examples?

Did you ask him to move in, yet? vs When is his move-in day?

The band is well known. vs That's a well-known band.

The brand is corporate owned. vs That's a corporate-owned brand.

She sings off key. vs Her off-key singing is terrible.

There are obviously exceptions and caveats to this rule (it is English, after all), but hopefully this at least helps explain why you might see the same words used both ways in the same piece of writing.

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