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I want patience and I want it now.
Also, I find that nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
Laziness is what gets me out of bed in the morning.
正宗で大根を切る。
言い出しっぺ。
Some of the smartest things people have ever said:
No language makes perfect sense. — John McWhorter
Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering. — Carl Jung
A child educated only at school is an uneducated child. — George Santayana
Tactics is knowing what to do when there is something to do. Strategy is knowing what to do when there is nothing to do. — Savielly Tartakower
One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision — Bertrand Russell
Every good thing that happens in your life is a gift. — Yours Truly
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Apr 8 |
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german tourist or German tourist? @NeilFein: Haha, how'd that work out for you? :) |
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Apr 5 |
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How to avoid specifying the gender in English when the original text does not specify it? added 4 characters in body |
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Apr 5 |
answered | How to avoid specifying the gender in English when the original text does not specify it? |
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Mar 23 |
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Getting details of a past century right Related. |
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Mar 20 |
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Best way to emphasise the greenness of the fields in spring in comparison with summer All right, then let me say it straight: There is no "best way to emphasise the greenness of the fields in spring in comparison with summer." There are only ways that work for what you are trying to do. And you have to be the judge of that. |
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Mar 17 |
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Best way to emphasise the greenness of the fields in spring in comparison with summer @shomif: If you are trying to develop your own style, why ask about it in some forum about writing? Sheesh. |
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Mar 16 |
answered | Best way to emphasise the greenness of the fields in spring in comparison with summer |
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Mar 10 |
answered | How to use parentheses |
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Mar 10 |
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How to use parentheses edited body |
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Feb 18 |
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Does using version control system make backups unnecessary? +1 As sharptooth correctly notes, if you have your version control on the same drive as your backups, you're living in a fool's paradise. |
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Feb 16 |
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What makes good writing software? edited title |
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Feb 16 |
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Proper use of the “historical present tense” Cue to a bar ...? This sounds very odd if you're writing prose instead of a screenplay. (N.B. in a screenplay, the direction would be Cut to .... You don't use to with cue, as it takes a direct object: Cue jackhammer noises outside the window.) |
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Feb 16 |
answered | Proper use of the “historical present tense” |
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Feb 16 |
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Is it true that men (in general) can't write female first-person? edited title |
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Feb 16 |
answered | What makes good writing software? |
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Feb 1 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Jan 28 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Jan 27 |
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What software do you use for writing and then structuring a book? Agree with Andrew that InDesign is a pain to use, and that Scrivener's exporting features can be clunky and unintuitive. Try to write a novel with subparts in Scrivener. It's easy to set that up and write, but when it comes to exporting it's a royal PITA getting the section title pages to format and display correctly. Scrivener is far from perfect, but I still prefer it to anything else. |
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Jan 8 |
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What language style should I use for a tech blog? What Prof. Lawler said. |
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Nov 20 |
answered | Believable (but easy) archaic English |
