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| bio | website | jsbangs.com |
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| location | United States | |
| age | 31 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 6 months |
| seen | May 15 at 19:01 | |
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I have a degree in Linguistics, but I work as a programmer. Most of my expertise about English is self-taught, plus lots of random trivia I've acquired here and there.
This is my favorite EL&U comment ever:
This isn't really a question about English so much as a question about hugs. Source
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Sep 6 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Aug 29 |
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How should dialog be formatted? edited tags |
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Aug 29 |
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Meretricious - A bit too fancy? edited tags |
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Aug 29 |
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Is it always ok to use the verb “to say” after a question? edited tags |
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Aug 25 |
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What's a typical trilogy structure? +1. You absolutely need to distinguish between "three books in one trilogy" and "one book in three volumes", as they have very different internal structures. |
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Aug 24 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Aug 21 |
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What's the distinction between “vanity publishing” and “self publishing”? fixed typo and overused word |
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Aug 21 |
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“All of a sudden…” ? edited tags |
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Aug 21 |
answered | What's the distinction between “vanity publishing” and “self publishing”? |
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Aug 18 |
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How to create space @Carl, no combine away! Good writing is the art of getting your words to do more than one thing at once. If you can use a single sentence to create setting, plot, and character all at the same time, that's awesome. |
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Aug 17 |
answered | How to create space |
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Aug 17 |
awarded | Enlightened |
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Aug 17 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Aug 16 |
awarded | Good Answer |
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Aug 12 |
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Which is a better composition? explained reasons for my suggestion |
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Aug 11 |
answered | Which is a better composition? |
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Aug 11 |
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Which is a better composition? This would be off-topic at English.SE. |
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Aug 4 |
accepted | Waiting for response to full MS |
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Aug 4 |
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Querying for a setting-heavy speculative fiction novel @justkt, I hope so. While writers.se isn't great for critiquing stories, it seems like it'd be perfect for critiquing query letters. |
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Aug 3 |
answered | Querying for a setting-heavy speculative fiction novel |
