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Guaranteed to bring on laughter, Mad Libs is also a great way to sneak in some reading and grammar practice!
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Laura Lu, Parents, 29 Mar. 2025
Why should the taxpayers subsidize the learning of agglutinative grammars by an aimless young woman who became an administrator and then left the nine-to-five workforce to become a novelist?
—Lydia Kiesling, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
The most basic of these was technical support: the use of AI to check English grammar or format a reference list.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 18 Mar. 2025
As a result, traditional red flags—such as poor grammar or awkward phrasing in scam texts—are becoming less reliable.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
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Laura Lu, Parents, 29 Mar. 2025
Why should the taxpayers subsidize the learning of agglutinative grammars by an aimless young woman who became an administrator and then left the nine-to-five workforce to become a novelist?
—Lydia Kiesling, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
The most basic of these was technical support: the use of AI to check English grammar or format a reference list.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 18 Mar. 2025
As a result, traditional red flags—such as poor grammar or awkward phrasing in scam texts—are becoming less reliable.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for grammar
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“Grammar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grammar. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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