The other day my boyfriend overheard me explaining the basic structure of a sentence and grammar rules for a client who thought he could write. And when I hung up he was like, โ€œwow, youโ€™re so...."

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Smart at your job.โ€ It made me feel so good! I donโ€™t think twice about that kind of stuff but it made me appreciate the mastery (or at least advanced understanding) of the craft. WORD NERD GANG ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿผ

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Your bf is a cool guy! You totally left us on a cliffhanger for a second and I was worried he was going to call you an ass or something ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

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You'd be surprised at how few people actually understand sentence structure and grammar. And not just you're/your/their/they're that everyone thinks all grammar is. I'm talking know what a predicate is, what a gerund vs. infinitive is, etc. The industry needs more people like you. ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ

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@JC1 wouldnโ€™t be the first time ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ™„ lol

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@OP Hahahah I feel you! My bf is a teaser so when he drops the eventual genuine compliment Iโ€™m like ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜‚

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This is awesome! I find myself still struggling with some of the deeper technical skills, do you have any advice/resources you can recommend?

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I'm single buh goals ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜

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