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'Makes me scared': Darrell Brooks stares down terrified judge who calls for immediate recess Fox News Now (clip)

REALLY ?

I was taught that a preposition is a bad thing with which to end a sentence. I do not recall being taught about beginning a sentence with an adverb. I raise the matter, because recently I have heard an increasing use of the word “so” as the first word in a sentence in response to a question. I first noticed this in Congressional hearings. Now I am hearing it on the radio. On NPR this morning there was a story about the relationship between commute to work times and political involvement. The interviewee spoke English well, with perhaps an Indian...

ABBOTTABAD: It may have been a mere misplaced dot that led to accusations of blasphemy against a Christian eighth-grader, whose miniscule error led to her expulsion from school and uproar amongst local religious leaders. Faryal Bhatti, a student at the Sir Syed Girls High School in Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) colony Havelian, erroneously misspelt a word in an Urdu exam while answering a question on a poem written in praise of the Holy Prophet (PBUH). The word in question was ‘laanat’ instead of ‘naat’ – an easy error for a child to make, as the written versions of the words...

what is "comma splices" ?, Could you please give me an example , thank you very much

I apologize for the shameless vanity, but I'm going to propose a thread for today: Your pet peeves about others' grammar on FR. I'm not innocent. But, can we please use apostrophes for possessives and not use apostrophes for plurals? Please chime in with your pet peeves. Possessive Example: Correct: My dog's bone is in the yard. Incorrect: My dogs bone is in the yard. Plural Example: Correct: My dogs are in the yard. Incorrect: My dog's are in the yard. Admin Mod: Please move this thread as appropriate.