English usage and grammar

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Cambridge English Dictionary
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Gilman's Webster's Dictionary of English Usage. This is a great and witty reference about usage, its history, and its controveries

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Hello members of English Usage and Grammar. (self.english)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by OsakaWilson to c/[email protected]

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I see there are no comments here yet.

I am an English professor, and have experience in magazine, book, and test editing. I often comment on grammar related subs on "that other social media site", but I'm trying to help Lemmy grow by contributing here instead. But to do that, there ~~needs~~ need to be posts. : )

The way to get a community growing is to start posting. I'm going to start some seed topics, so please comment on them and add your own. Questions are good too.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seed topic suggestion - what is the genesis of some very common grammatical/linguistic errors like 'could of' instead of 'could have' or 'there vs their' or the lack of using the apostrophe after 's' in case of plurals

[–] OsakaWilson 4 points 1 year ago

Why don't you make post with that. Posts contribute to growing the community more than comments. And this topic is fun.