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John Lawler
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I'm a retired English grammarian. I enjoy answering questions.

  1. My Website at the University of Michigan
    http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler
  2. Complete Publications and Lectures
    http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/LawlerPublications.html
  3. My alt.usage.english (English Grammar) pages
    http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/aue
  4. Details and handouts from some recent talks
    http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/NorWesCon.html
  5. A term paper about K-12 Language Science
    http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/LanguageScience.pdf
  6. Two old coursepacks (each ~100 pp)
    http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/210CourspackPart1.pdf
    http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/210CourspackPart2.pdf
    from my Intro Ling class
    http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/210.html)
  7. Scanned teaching materials
    http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/wow/scans/
    from my Etymology class
    http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/wow)
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"I only teach you" vs. "I teach only you" vs. "I teach you only"
Jan 18, 2014
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Do you allow somebody do something?
Oct 7, 2013
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Parts of speech
Sep 4, 2016
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Change "I must go and look for my brothers." from active voice to passive voice
Sep 22, 2015
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10
difference between the pronunciation of "cheating" and "teaching"
Aug 13, 2014
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Is there an alternative way to express "has them <verb>" other than "makes them <verb>"?
Aug 28, 2016
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grammar difference between "to make dry dishes" vs "to make the dishes dry"
Jan 6, 2016
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Complete the line - passive voice
Mar 28, 2020
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Dangling participle?
Jun 4, 2019
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A simple question on when to use "these" and when "those" while writing
Jul 9
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Canonical post on articles?
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What's wrong with "I'll open you the door"?
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Why can't the word "can" be used in future tense (will can)?
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Why do we refer to computers and other machines as being up or down?
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What is the difference between an Emperor and a King?
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I <verb> and am <rest of sentence>

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