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Which Is Clearer: 'Being pressed' or 'Pressed'?
While "Being pressed" is grammatically correct, I would never use it over the other option. The use of "Being" is awkward and adds just nothing to the sentence. In fact, it gets in ...
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Which Is Clearer: 'Being pressed' or 'Pressed'?
You already know (probably more than me) about the grammar part, but still, let me start from there so that it comes up as a complete answer (or the effort to answer):
Regarding preference, it often ...
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Which Is Clearer: 'Being pressed' or 'Pressed'?
In this case, 'pressed against the wall' is more concise and direct. 'Being pressed against the wall', however, has a more nuanced tone and suggests a more continuous state of being pressed against ...
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Is there a smooth way to indicate that third person pronouns don't matter so much in my worldbuilding in English?
Conventionally, the normal English pronouns are used
Every language has its quirks. However, most media isn't a lesson in learning other languages (especially not conlangs), so foreign dialogue is ...
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Is there a smooth way to indicate that third person pronouns don't matter so much in my worldbuilding in English?
Focusing on your literal question
Is there a smooth way to reflect this in the dialogue, etc?
At risk of oversimplifying: to introduce it smoothly would simply require smooth writing. Whatever the ...
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Is there a smooth way to indicate that third person pronouns don't matter so much in my worldbuilding in English?
Just use They
The gender neutral third person pronoun in English is "they".
While there have been attempts to create new gender neutral pronouns, the singular usages of "they" is ...
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Is there a smooth way to indicate that third person pronouns don't matter so much in my worldbuilding in English?
The smoothest way is to invent your own alternative protocol.
For example, always refer to a person by their name, or first syllable of their name, that is the norm in your language. If you don't know ...
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Is there a smooth way to indicate that third person pronouns don't matter so much in my worldbuilding in English?
You cannot gracefully represent the grammmar of one language in another. This is not only limited to gender, but to grammatical case, grammatical tense, syntax and so on, as well. If your characters ...
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