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Functional Shifting in Grammar: Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

Posted on January 30, 2017 by

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Hi Writer Peeps! Today’s blog is about words and phrases that usually identify as one part of speech, but step out and play another role from time to time. I like to think of these as “transgrammars.” Other grammarians–stuffy sorts–call them functional shifts. The… Continue Reading “Functional Shifting in Grammar: Not that there’s anything wrong with that.”

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Kathryn A. Frazier is a freelance copyeditor, proofreader, and writer. She lives in Tampa, Florida with her beloved family and Scruffy Dog. It's hot there. And swampy. With gators. She's really brave.

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