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This would be the lovely creation of Girls with Slingshots. Good to see they care about some proper writing. :P

This would be the lovely creation of Girls with Slingshots. Good to see they care about some proper writing. :P

ashleynichols:

Yes, I am a grammar nazi.
Yes, I’ve been so well trained in literary form that I cringe whenever I use contractions in my novels. When it gets down to the really really nitpicky editing process I will try to edit them out along with most of the helping verbs.

ashleynichols:

Yes, I am a grammar nazi.

Yes, I’ve been so well trained in literary form that I cringe whenever I use contractions in my novels. When it gets down to the really really nitpicky editing process I will try to edit them out along with most of the helping verbs.

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John Green just wrote his next book! It hasn’t debuted, but he got his first copy of it today. He also talks about his all time favourite typos.