#Modal Verb

[trolledu]

[trolledu]

Yes, it matters!

We must beat the Americans

[empiricalscotus]

Mirroring the Justices’ Styles

Writing Style is clearly important to the Supreme Court Justices.  Not only are the justices cognizant of the writing styles in briefs, but they are also attuned to the writing styles of other judges and justices. Justices past and present discussed this and other matters in interviews with legal writing specialist Bryan Garner for the Scribes Journal over a decade ago. Some of the key takeaways…

[httpsgfg]

all these men do is lie

[kingofdorkville]

i grimace when people say "i could" when they mean "i can" and at whatever "had boughten" is.

[trolledu]

no it wouldn't, it'd be boring!

[jbcchan]

[trolledu]

[mishkakagehishka]

>×> do you have any tips on how to write Mika's accent ? I don't want to write him just considering letting my Danganronpa DnD char have the same accent as treat

I spent 20min in my archive bc i actually remember already talking ab this once (or rather, Mika dialogue as a whole)!

I think my advice remains more or less the same. When listening to his voice lines, you can notice that he tends to slur his words together and his accent is p thick (altho, and idk if i'm just insane, but i could swear it was thicker in !era like i'm so serious). I'd add that these days, I make him speak like a southerner, but I tend to split between southern usamerican and cockney - both fit. He speaks in the "country bumpkin" and "funny, friendly, but stupid" stereotyped accent, so, as a fan of the art of localisation, i always try to translate or depict his speech in whatever manner would bring about the same associations to the reader. To a UK local that'd probably be cockney, to a US local, southern usamerican.

But all in all, stick to one of those two, learn vocabulary used in those dialects (for example, "y'all" as a second person plural pronoun or "ain't" for negation, "reckon", "fixin' to", words like that if you're going for southern usamerican). Use apostrophes smartly, though, i'll repeat that the key is to read the lines out loud and decide what sounds right. As a rule, i only drop the -t in "that" when followed by a word beginning with a consonant because it "rolls easier" - and gives that effect of words being slurred together. "That ain't none of my business" is better because otherwise you'd have an awkward flow between the two ah- sounds, but "tha's none of my business" is better because otherwise you'd have a bit of a stop with the "ts" sound.

Or something to that effect. Read your lines out loud, try to speak with as little effort spent on moving your mouth as possible, and then try to express that in writing by dropping letters and blending words where needed. Trust your gut on what sounds natural. If it feels like you have to force it, it should probably be changed.

[yourworldiseternallycomplete]

you guys have to reblog my most recent post because i now have 34 tabs open in my browser specifically from trying to create the most chronologically and grammatically correct monk... i dug out my old middle english grammar pdfs for this

[trolledu]

could very well be something

can't get over the phrasing of this actually

[sentofight]

ooc. u know since i started teaching i think my grammar is getting..........tiny..........tiny...weeensyyyyyy eaaannyyyy better. i know how grammar works but then i write my brain: *slides arabic structure here because it can* and then you have arabizi*

[ouroboros-sys]

Finally time for more conlanging; this time, the moods.

[radio-jerevan]

Czech Modal Verbs - modální slovesa

Modal verbs are used to express necessity, possibility, or permission. Common modal verbs in Czech include “muset” (must), “moci” (can), and “smět” (may). “muset” is used to express obligation or necessity. For example, “Musím jít do práce” translates to “I must go to work.“ the verb “muset” is conjugated according to the subject, just like any other verb in Czech. “moci” is used to convey…

[sunum-teknikleri]

Can, Could, Would Kullanımı: İngilizce Kibar Rica ve Teklifler

İngilizce'de 'Can', 'Could' ve 'Would' modal fiillerini kullanarak nasıl kibar ricalarda ve tekliflerde bulunacağınızı öğrenin. Formallik düzeyleri, kullanım farklılıkları ve bol örnek cümlelerle konuyu detaylıca keşfedin. https://www.fullofenglish.com/ingilizce-dilbilgisi/can-could-would-kullanimi-ingilizce-kibar-rica-ve-teklifler/

[itsmightyfunny]

funny how going through professional development also improved my ability to write poems. like, being comfortable with spending inordinate amounts of time obsessing over which modal verb to use? shiiiit. im doin that at my 9-5 already!!