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In which John discusses his friend, Chester Drawers. Let us discuss in comments questions and answers to the great grammar problems of our age.

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[sutoribenda]

Now I'm really tempted to write that TFiOS was "almost miraculous" for the book review I'm writing in my teen newspaper... Should I, nerdfighters?

[MangoSmoothieLover]

almost miraculous now almost genius...must be annoying

[Antoinette2190]

ok i had to pause the video and laugh about you lying to willy

that's so horrible...then you explain it to him...poor puppy

[theconbravura]

I always get confused between "shirt" and "skirt". I understand what both mean but when I see one or the other written down I have to stop and think about which is which. I've been like this since I started learning English when I was five.

[ferntailwp]

@RobotKing27 I could not however say, "She spit on me and called me names; Brad was a jerk to Lisa," because the clauses are not similar enough. The line is pretty fuzzy, but a good rule of thumb is if you wouldn't use and and a comma, don't use a semicolon. Hope I helped!

Sorry it wouldn't all fit in one comment ^^'

[ferntailwp]

@RobotKing27 SEMICOLONS!!! Sorry, I love semicolons ^^ Anyways, they're used exactly like a period only the second clause does not begin with a capital letter and they two clauses must be very related. For example the if I wrote, "Suzie was a jerk to me at recess. She spit on me and called me names. Brad was a jerk to Lisa." I can say instead, "Suzie was a jerk to me at recess; she spit on me and called me names," because the sentences are closely related.

[FreeHugsAndPeeps]

@musicmama888 And textile...

[RobotKing27]

I don't know how to use a semicolon correctly

[kdm5529]

Circumscribe and circumcision led to an awkward math class...

[GONEmypurpleflapjack]

@neeeeves Tardigrades!

[GONEmypurpleflapjack]

@FreeHugsAndPeeps They have the same connotation, but might can be denotative of uncertainty and may can be denotative of granted permission.

[musicmama888]

Tentacle and testicle is also a problem...