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8807456 No.8807456 [Reply] [Original]

>read a grammar book
>writing gets worse

>> No.8807475

>>8807456
Fuck the rules

>> No.8807487

>>8807456
which one did you read?

>> No.8807793
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8807793

>>8807456
was it a book dealing with the grammar of your native language?
y-you know you're only supposed to study foreign languages, right anon?

>> No.8807802

>>8807793
>you're only supposed to study foreign languages
And but so would that it were.

>> No.8807859

>>8807793
Actually no, I'm studying english grammar, which is foreign to me. I've been reading in english for 5 or so years now, but my written word is abominable. Complex, multi-clause sentences absolutely wreck me, I hate the perfect aspect, articles, and conditionals

>> No.8807863

>>8807802
Ah--eeeh---HAHAH--heh b-but ONE COULD ARGUE THAT YOU JUST PROVED YOUR OWN POINT heheh nah I'm just joking 95% joking at least -- heh... *pause* and now the perspiration starts... heh

>> No.8807902

>>8807859
t-the -- t-the concept of rhetorical questions also seems to wreck you HEHEH *pause* nah you're good

>> No.8808018

>>8807902
Silence. You have surpassed irony, and are now the real deal.

Also: you can answer a rhetorical question. That, too, is rhetorical.

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8808077

>>8808018
>you can answer a rhetorical question

>> No.8808078

Grammar is for nerds
that's why editors exist

>> No.8808090

>tfw English is your first language and you can comprehend bafflingly complex sentences through intuition alone
>tfw you will never have to learn English

>> No.8808096

>>8808078
Huh... good point.

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>>8808077
>cringe