Ms. Choksondik: The adjective form is now also acceptable. For example, “The weather outside is shitty.” However, the literal adjective is not appropriate. For example, “My bad diarrhea made the ...

It is a lovely warm August day outside, and I am wearing a green loose top. Does the second part of that sentence sound strange to you? Perhaps you think I should have written “loose green top.” ...

The mark of fluent English-language writers or speakers is the way they effortlessly do away with words mandated by formal grammar — which only impede the quick delivery of their ideas. Nonnative ...

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