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SI Grammar and Spelling Lab
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3911"Which vs.That" quinion.comStan-4/9/2004
3910A few comments about recent topics: 1. Faulkner is perfectly correct grammaticaJack Clarke-4/9/2004
3909I picked up this little book recently and was charmed by it. Incisive, witty, anTom Clarke-4/7/2004
3908I guess internet quizzes are going the way of testing in schools - nobody fails!Tom Clarke-4/7/2004
3907<i>there's nothing wrong with As I Lay Dying that I can see</i> Tom Clarke-4/7/2004
3906Aha! [lightbulb moment] thanks!Tom Clarke-4/7/2004
3905I tried it again, with all wrong answers (I think!) and got the yogurt containeS. maltophilia-4/6/2004
3904Whenever I listen or read, I unsplit the infinitive or reverse the order of the Stan-4/6/2004
3903I just took the test again, answering all incorrectly except one, and got this mE-4/6/2004
3902Oops, I just posted the same thing. I had also written, and lost in one of madE-4/6/2004
3901Ah ha! I think that now I know why I wasn't persuaded! The rule broken by tE-4/6/2004
3900<img src="http://images.quizilla.com/B/BaalObsidian/1080162080_cturesgodS. maltophilia-4/6/2004
3899"to boldly go" is a split infinitive which many object to based on LatDavid C. Burns-4/6/2004
3898I started noticing this rule when I got into a debate about the Star Trek introdStan-4/6/2004
3897LOL. Thank you! I am not repentant, however--or even persuaded!E-4/6/2004
3896I am happy that corrections are <i>accepted gratefully.</i> ;-)Stan-4/6/2004
3895Your answer agrees with mine about "won only," I see. I'm assumingE-4/6/2004
3894We're talking about the verb <i>to lie.</i> <i>"MucE-4/6/2004
3893This is the misplaced modifier, if I got it right: "The soccer team only wE-4/6/2004
3892I think the misplaced modifier is in this one: <i>The soccer team only woStan-4/6/2004
3891I guess we're all Grammar Gods around here! But I'm a little annoyed theTom Clarke-4/6/2004
3890I got "You are a GRAMMAR GOD! If your mission in life is not already to E-4/5/2004
3889What fun. I haven't even taken it yet, and I see problems. For example, in E-4/5/2004
3888Are you a Grammar God? quizilla.comTom Clarke-4/5/2004
3887An interesting link from AWAD: "English's dominance in the scientific aE-3/8/2004
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