Greetings and salutations, O Courageous Watchers of Fandom Grammar! Today, we’ll boldly be going where no Fandom Grammar watcher has gone before (except perhaps those who’ve studied English poetry and Latin literature) as we take a look at two proverbs that bravely tackle … well, bravery: “fools rush in where angels fear to tread” and “fortune ( Read more... )

Fanfic authors who write in English find that this language is both a blessing and a curse. While scholars argue over how to come up with an accurate count of the number of words in the English language, there is widespread agreement that English does have an unusually large vocabulary, offering authors an array of words to choose from that may be ( Read more... )

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