“But ask COCA which past-tense verbs show up more frequently in fiction compared with, say, academic prose, and things start to get interesting: the top five are ‘grimaced,’ ‘scowled,’ ‘grunted,’ ‘wiggled’ and ‘gritted.’”

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    This…is really cool. Fascinating, even.

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    I’m not sure what this NY Times article is telling me, but I enjoyed it. My take aways: 1) Dan Brown likes eyebrows more...

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    AMAZING.

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    I hate “bolt upright” almost as much as I hate the verb “to scurry.”

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    aka “things that emily also notices that will make her put your work straight the fuck down”

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