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Recent Examples of grammatical
The Wild Faith to Take Over America — all of which had titles and paragraphs similar to her work but full of spelling, factual, and grammatical errors.
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Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2025
Tender Buttons is a celebration of mutability, a rejoinder to rules, where words are set free from the shackles of meaning and grammatical function, made unfamiliar, and charged with power to make the world afresh.
—Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
But if language exemplifies the human capacity for internalizing grammatical conventions, then my moment of rule-breaking does not in fact expose some ungrammatical first nature.
—Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
Other signs this is a scam include references to toll booths, which Arizona doesn't have; citing a law that isn't real; and misspellings and grammatical errors in the text messages.
—Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 6 Aug. 2025
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Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2025
Tender Buttons is a celebration of mutability, a rejoinder to rules, where words are set free from the shackles of meaning and grammatical function, made unfamiliar, and charged with power to make the world afresh.
—Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
But if language exemplifies the human capacity for internalizing grammatical conventions, then my moment of rule-breaking does not in fact expose some ungrammatical first nature.
—Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
Other signs this is a scam include references to toll booths, which Arizona doesn't have; citing a law that isn't real; and misspellings and grammatical errors in the text messages.
—Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grammatical
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In 2013, David Kidd and Emanuele Castano shifted the research goal posts by asking if reading literary fiction (as opposed to non-fiction, popular fiction, or no reading) correlated with higher scores on what’s known as theory of mind.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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The question there was whether the Stephen King novel, one of the author's shorter literary horror works, was worthy of an eight-episode season of television at one hour a pop?—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Jan. 2026
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In other words, these analysts are about as likely to make a correct pick as a corgi on TikTok that predicts sporting-event results by hitting a beach ball into a basket.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
28 Jan. 2026
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The group were also without gloves and the correct climbing equipment for their feet, per the Craven Herald.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
28 Jan. 2026
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This neighborhood was not as grand as Harlem proper, but everyone who hung their hat here knew its allure.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Combined with proper nutrition, exercise creates lasting results, not quick fixes.—
Fred Sassani,
Austin American Statesman,
29 Jan. 2026
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When boys are asked to show up consistently for real people, academic readiness and emotional readiness develop side by side.—
Dr. Liz Doe Stone,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Meyer studied international relations with a minor in history, and she was named to the PAC-12’s academic honor roll twice.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
26 Jan. 2026
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While retaining an old-school, aristocratic vibe, Adare's fanciful gargoyles, genuinely warm staff, grand and intimate spaces, and super-comfortable rooms make it somewhere uniquely and unabashedly the Ireland of now.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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His aristocratic taste inherited ideas of beauty and old European style, rather than innovating with new trends.—
Jye Marshall,
Fortune,
22 Jan. 2026
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Faster diagnostics are the new front line For decades, treating bacterial infections has involved a lot of educated guesswork.—
André O. Hudson,
The Conversation,
21 Jan. 2026
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McKinsey, LinkedIn, and the World Economic Forum have all made educated predictions around which core skills will likely be the most important.—
Kevin Kruse,
Forbes.com,
17 Jan. 2026
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Daeron Targaryen Daeron Targaryen, otherwise known as Daeron the Drunkard, is a bookish and melancholy Targaryen prince known for his prophetic dreams.—
Skyler Trepel,
PEOPLE,
19 Jan. 2026
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There’s no shortage of young women making confessional, wry pop music these days, but Hobert has carved out her own lane with a bookish persona and shrewdly specific lyrics bound in tidy and broadly appealing pop songs.—
Carrie Battan,
Vulture,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Grammatical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grammatical. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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