Posts by tw@writing.exchange
 (DIR) Post #AT2FpCdm12aS7umtnc by tw@writing.exchange
       2023-02-25T10:40:21Z
       
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       @grammargirl Great interview. And the book is now on its way.
       
 (DIR) Post #ATJiMLmDqYs2eHuRqi by tw@writing.exchange
       2023-03-05T20:50:06Z
       
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       @grammargirl That's an interesting approach.I do all of my drafting in markdown to begin with (which is neither here nor there), but there are those times when you end up trying to make some large-scale change and no matter what tool you are using it becomes a PITA. Interesting approach.
       
 (DIR) Post #ATRszC04gPjaQYEDK4 by tw@writing.exchange
       2023-03-09T19:26:53Z
       
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       @grammargirl Ha! Seeing your post made me nearly spew my coffee. Good timing. I think we have all done this. The mote of dust, not the coffee. Okay, the coffee as well. :)
       
 (DIR) Post #AUlJ8Sak0WhrbcYZnc by tw@writing.exchange
       2023-04-18T02:11:34Z
       
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       @grammargirl Future us will wonder why we were so cringe over bru . . . and cringe. ;)
       
 (DIR) Post #AVo2ZXRvbxTEQoYwgS by tw@writing.exchange
       2023-04-10T16:10:23Z
       
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       New.Born.Twins girls were born 14 hours ago. Mama ewe has been very dutiful.#farming #farmlife #ruminants #sheep #goats #farmbirths
       
 (DIR) Post #AWcERqASe2DwIvsfqa by tw@writing.exchange
       2023-06-12T12:50:49Z
       
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       @grammargirl Hey hey! Glad to see you poke at Pittsburghese (my home region). I've been away for 30 years now (y'all is more common now for me than y'inz),  but I still find the phrasing and accent rather endearing. Nostalgic, I suppose.But.The dropping "to be" thing (infinitival copula deletion) seems to be pretty widespread though, no? The "needs washed" construction seems to be particularly Western PA , but I swear I commonly see ad copy and other text that drop "to be" everywhere.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWcNwfXn5nhpv6ZI9Y by tw@writing.exchange
       2023-06-12T13:19:48Z
       
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       @grammargirl Oh. And here's an example of the dropped "to be" that I see everywhere: "needs washing" where I would think "needs to be washed" is more correct.In Western PA (really Southwestern PA) "needs washed" is prevalent, but across the country "needs washing" (and similar) seems to be commonplace and now even accepted. Can you talk about this as a contrasting example?Thanks. You do the lords work. :)
       
 (DIR) Post #AWcQbigSWVuRRIKCrQ by tw@writing.exchange
       2023-06-12T15:07:04Z
       
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       @grammargirl Thanks. It just sounds wrong to my ear. Maybe it's my overtraining to compensate for being immersed in a world where "needs washed" was commonplace. :)
       
 (DIR) Post #AYUXNx9yLzlzwRHn2O by tw@writing.exchange
       2023-08-07T15:29:29Z
       
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       @grammargirl Awesome That helps keep the balance since there are those (ahem, like myself) who have asked you the same stupid question more than once. ;)
       
 (DIR) Post #AcrtLJT1gAeshQyUVc by tw@writing.exchange
       2023-12-16T13:22:20Z
       
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       @grammargirl Goodness, both hippopotami and hippopotamuses are such great and ridiculous words that I wish both to retain equal footing indefinitely. :)