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DirtyGame Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Is it grammatically correct?

So I felt like a Shakespeare and decided to write something (hopefully) creative. I ended up with the following sentence:
"Stay or wander, an acres of diamonds is what you will into blunder."

It may sound meaningless to you, but it truly sums up my current way of living. I'm (kind of) a lucky improviser.
  

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"An" is singular and "acres" is plural. " The word order is unusual, but intelligible. It sounds like a line from a poem.

— Englishmaven

  • "An" is singular and "acres" is plural.
  • " The word order is unusual, but intelligible.
  • It sounds like a line from a poem.
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"An" is singular and "acres" is plural. It should be "an acre."

The word order is unusual, but intelligible. It sounds like a line from a poem.
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Englishmaven"An" is singular and "acres" is plural. It should be "an acre."The word order is unusual, but intelligible. It sounds like a line from a poem.
Oh I see.
I always try to add a rythem to my writings. It makes my words swing and swirl!
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Unfortunately, wander and blunder are not exact rhymes in BrE.
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fivejedjonUnfortunately, wander and blunder are not exact rhymes in BrE.
Aha... Thanks for the tip!
I actually always wondered whether if specific rhymes are looked for when judging a valid rythem from non one. After googling a bit about it, I had a glimpse for what should I pay attention to when deciding to write something that rythems and satisfies a lin
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BrE- British English
AmE -American English
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fivejedjonBrE- British EnglishAmE -American English
That's obvious. But I meant with non-modern English the one which was spoken in the past (and not 'Old English'....Ugh! Poor wording). I mean...non of these days ArE or BrE speakers seam to correspond to formal English standards. You often see a linguist pointing out to an error in your language but then goes
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DirtyGamewhen I see BrE speakers bragging about how this or that doesn't correspond to their English
I have never interpreted any mention of differences between BrE and AmE as "bragging" about how great British English is. I have seen more evidence of a sense of inferiority that some Americans feel, as if AmE isn't truly English!

CJ
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CalifJim DirtyGamewhen I see BrE speakers bragging about how this or that doesn't correspond to their EnglishI have never interpreted any mention of differences between BrE and AmE as "bragging" about how great British English is. I have seen more evidence of a sense of inferiority that some Americans feel, as if AmE isn't truly English!CJ
Yeah... I didn't mea
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DirtyGameArE
You have used ArE more than once. Do you mean AmE (American English) or something else?

CJ
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CalifJim DirtyGameArEYou have used ArE more than once. Do you mean AmE (American English) or something else?CJ
Yes, AmE. I don't even know why I wrote it that way.
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