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I don't question the possibility of utilizing English as a worldwide standard. I don't trust in the formalistic plan by which English is taught.

Strengthening one's finesse for a language isn't like bringing about a hotter furnace. A language - a spoken tongue - isn't just an instrument that you can learn to exploit with greater amounts of precision. A language can not be insulated from the philosophical currents of a clan of people of which it is a description. A language isn't recited; it happens - and keeps happening as long as a circle of people keeps using it.

To make a student recite English is to cheat her out of its cultural context. An informed instructor must develop a technique for introducing it; the discerning pupil goes out to seek it.

A dictionary - properly used - can become an influential tool. The best dictionaries describe words on the basis of a particular corpus, a set of writing of various scope and consistency. A corpus can contain anything from a book about literature to a whole bunch of fiction characters. I burnt many candles developing my "humongous" Fiction Corpus to form a precise type of dictionary based on the ability of one man to tell a story in myriad forms. It is a labor of love and listening.

I have drawn up a million words and I have reduced them, reformulating them - not merely to teach an American language but to promote the human spirit, and to provoke that spirit or soul not just to recite but to happen.

Pointer — Table: English Verbs That Connect With Other Verbs, Their Inflections and Rules of Syntax
Sorted alphabetically
The syntax of English verbs is one of the most challenging aspects of the language for foreign-speakers to learn and for native-speakers to translate into other languages.
I have included in this table many important verbs that are used to create verb phrases. Patterns of irregular inflection are highlighted using various colors. Optional constructions are separated by a slash.
A term within a set of double dashes signifies that the addition of the term is an optional construction. A plus sign next to the term 'me' signifies that it must be accompanied by the term 'to.'
The term 'me+' in parentheses signifies that the passive voice is an optional contruction but that it must include the term 'to.'
Sorted by frequency in Michal's Corpus
Sorted alphabetically
Sorted by irregularity

Previous title — Table: English Verbs That Connect With Other Verbs, Their Inflections and Rules of Syntax
Sorted alphabetically
The syntax of English verbs is one of the most challenging aspects of the language for foreign-speakers to learn and for native-speakers to translate into other languages.
I have included in this table many important verbs that are used to create verb phrases. Patterns of irregular inflection are highlighted using various colors. Optional constructions are separated by a slash.
A term within a set of double dashes signifies that the addition of the term is an optional construction. A plus sign next to the term 'me' signifies that it must be accompanied by the term 'to.'
The term 'me+' in parentheses signifies that the passive voice is an optional contruction but that it must include the term 'to.'
Sorted by frequency in Michal's Corpus
Sorted alphabetically
Sorted by irregularity

Verbs That Connect With Other Verbs, Their Inflections and Rules of Syntax
(ha)/(')ve	(ha)/(')s	(ha)/(')d	had	[the] having	-me/to-	-	-me-
[be] (a)/(')m--(a)/(')re	(i)/(')s	was--were	been	[a] being	-to-	-	-
admit	admits	admitted	admitted	admitting [admission/admittance]			--(to)--
advise	advises	advised	advised	advising [advisement]	-me+to-		-
agree	agrees	agreed	agreed	agreeing [agreement]	-to-
allow	allows	allowed	allowed	allowing [allowance]	-me+to-		-
appear	appears	appeared	appeared	appearing [appearance]	-to-
arrange	arranges	arranged	arranged	arranging [arrangement]	-to-
ask	asks	asked	asked	[the] asking/[ask]	-(me+)/to-
bear	bears	bore	born	[the] bearing/[birth]	-to-		can't bear-
begin	begins	began	begun	[the] beginning	-to-		-
better					-
can		[could]			-
care	cares	cared	cared	[the] caring/[care]	-to-
choose	chooses	chose	chosen	[the] choosing/[choice]	-(me+)/to-
claim	claims	claimed	claimed	[the] claiming/[claim]	-to-
come	comes	came	come	[the] coming	--(to)--		-
consider	considers	considered	considered	considering [consideration]			-
continue	continues	continued	continued	continuing [continuation/continuance]	-to-		-
dare	dare(s)	dared	dared	[the] daring	--{(me)/+/(to)}--
decide	decides	decided	decided	[the] deciding/[decision]	-to-
demand	demands	demanded	demanded	[the] demanding/[demand]	-to-
deserve	deserves	deserved	deserved	[the] deserving/[desert]	-to-
do	does	did	done	[the] doing	-
encourage	encourages	encouraged	encouraged	encouraging [encouragement]	-me+to-		-
expect	expects	expected	expected	expecting [expectation]	-(me+)/to-
fail	fails	failed	failed	[the] failing/[failure]	-to-
forget	forgets	forgot	forgot(ten)	[the] forgetting	-to-		-
get	gets	got	got(ten)	[the] getting	-me+/to-	-	-
go	goes	went	gone	[the] going	--(to)--		-
happen	happens	happened	happened	[the] happening	-to-
hate	hates	hated	hated	[the] hating/[hatred]	-to-		-
help	helps	helped	helped	[a] helping	--{(me)/+/(to)}--		can't help-
hesitate	hesitates	hesitated	hesitated	hesitating [hesitation]	-to-
hope	hopes	hoped	hoped	[the] hoping/[hope]	-to-
intend	intends	intended	intended	intending [intention]	-to-
keep	keeps	kept	kept	[the] keeping			-
learn	learns	learned	learned	[the] learning	-to-
let	lets	let	let	(-)letting	--(me)--
like	likes	liked	liked	[the] liking/[like]	-(would like me+)/to-		-
love	loves	loved	loved	[the] loving/[love]	-to-		-
make	makes	made	made	[the] making	--(me)--
manage	manages	managed	managed	managing [management]	-to-
may		might			-
must					-
need	need(s)	needed	needed	(needing) [need]	-me+/to-		-
neglect	neglects	neglected	neglected	neglecting [negligence]	-to-		-
offer	offers	offered	offered	[the] offering	-to-
ought					-to-
permit	permits	permitted	permitted	permitting [permittance]	-me+to-		-
plan	plans	planned	planned	[the] planning/[plan]	-to-
prefer	prefers	preferred	preferred	preferring [preference]	-to-		-
prepare	prepares	prepared	prepared	preparing [preparation]	-(me+)/to-
pretend	pretends	pretended	pretended	pretending [pretense]	-to-
promise	promises	promised	promised	[the] promising/[promise]	-me+/to-
propose	proposes	proposed	proposed	proposing [proposal]	-to-		-
refuse	refuses	refused	refused	refusing [refusal]	-to-
regret	regrets	regretted	regretted	regretting [regret]	-to-		-
remember	remembers	remembered	remembered	remembering [remembrance]	-to-		-
see	sees	saw	seen	seeing [sight]	-me-		-me-
seem	seems	seemed	seemed	[the] seeming	-to-
shall		should			-
stand	stands	stood	stood	[the] standing	-to-		can't stand-
start	starts	started	started	[the] starting/[start]	-to-		-
stop	stops	stopped	stopped	[the] stopping/[stoppage]	-to-		-
swear	swears	swore	sworn	[the] swearing	-to-
tend	tends	tended	tended	[the] tending	-to-
threaten	threatens	threatened	threatened	threatening [threat]	-me+/to-
try	tries	tried	tried	trying [trial]	-to-		-
urge	urges	urged	urged	[the] urging/[urge]	-me+to-		-
wait	waits	waited	waited	[the] waiting/[wait]	-to-
want	wants	wanted	wanted	[the] wanting/[want]	-me+/to-
will		[(woul)/(')d]			-
wish	wishes	wished	wished	[the] wishing/[wish]	-me+/to-

Samples of Fiction from Michal's Corpus

Michal's Fiction Corpus of Acceptance Literature (FiCAL) is presented under the Bare Bottom imprint. It is currently comprised of six bodies of work, each representing a different pillar of culture and incorporating a wide variety of writhing styles.

If you're wondering...

How do I use this?

Just click on a title to see examples of "fiction" from a particular work. You'll stay on the same spot on the page, only the Table of Contents will disappear. To get back to the Table of Contents just click next to the image of the Bare Bottom imprint where it says "Back to Samples of Fiction: Table of Contents."“And...?”

In the case of common words, a Table of Frequency and a Table of Collocation provide numerical information about how many times a word appears in its original or modified form and with which words. It can help to give you an idea of how common words are used and in what contexts. Find them in the "Common Words of English" part of the Education section.“Ok.”

Why a Fiction Corpus?

The popular understanding of the word "fiction" and its complement "non-fiction" is a reflection of the cultural influence of a classification system. The Dewey Decimal System is responsible for separating "fiction" from all other work and categorizing it by author's name. This has influenced the popular idea of fiction as a narrative that tends to be "untrue" and the product of an individual's fantasy, a bias compounded by modern art's century-long obsession with abstraction, surrealism and self-expression.“So...?”

My idea of fiction rests on the idea that art doesn't have to be factual to be a true reflection of our existence. Adam and Eve didn't have to exist as two individuals 700 generations ago for them to be true portraits of two human beings trying to work together.“And...?”

The Bible is a Fiction Corpus. It is a body of writing that isn't overly concerned with facts and yet its words carry weight. It was written by many different authors living in different places with different audiences in mind, yet everyone gleans something from it.“Right...”

In preparing my fiction corpus, I have striven to see the world through the eyes of others. Through the eyes of my Adams and Eves I hope that you too will glean some truth about our existence. At the very least you will learn some more about how one man can use the English language.“Ok.”

Who are you, Michal?

I'm just a guy who makes art. And if you're interested in making a solid investment in an aesthetic that supports our present and future welfare, then I will help you look for something that you can buy.“How...?”

Everybody makes. Everybody sells. Some people know how to protect their interests. Some better than others. Few people know how to listen. Listening to somebody means considering their interests as if they were your own. Going out and doing something to satisfy another person's interest is how we build a strong economy. Without a strong economy, democracy collapses.“And...?”

Buying 4Occupy is buying for democracy. Don't give your money to somebody who's ruining it. There's no such thing as cheap democracy, quick democracy, or easy democracy. There's good, solid, complete democracy and the tyranny of feudalism. Let's not mix the two. Let's not buy everything on the cheap. Let's not create another tyrant and enslave ourselves because it was easier not to think about what we were doing. Let's protect our interests. Let's listen.“Ok.”

Who's really behind this site?

Have you ever been to one of those post-it-yourself retail websites where there's a really attractive top-seller ready to give you tips on how you can be a top-seller too?“Uh...”

Have you ever been to a "job" interview where you sit in a line, walk through one door, get hired as a contractor and walk out another door, so that the other applicants don't realize that everyone's getting "hired" to work in the same market?“Maybe...”

The internet is full of people who are ready to exploit your ignorance. They are people who want to make money at the expense of our economy. They are cheats.“And...?”

I, Michal, am behind this site. Not some fat plutocrat exploiting my image. I like to do things the right way. I like to work with people who take the time to do things right.“Why...?”

I used to work for a company that didn't do things the right way. My labor was exploited because of mismanagement. That company was the United States Postal Service, an independent agency of the United States Government that is ultimately controlled by Congress. I'm mad because if the Federal Government can exploit labor, who is going to stop every other cheat from doing it?“Labor Unions...?”

Don't say labor unions. I went to my labor union and they did nothing. They ignored me because labor unions aren't democracies. Holding a free and fair election for a "representative" once in a blue moon does not equal people ruling. Democracy means open government. It means we the public need to accept the hard work. It's the only way to secure liberty and equality.“Ok.”

What's the difference between use and usage?

Definition-wise, not much. But the -age suffix is ultimately French in origin and with most things French, at least in American eyes, the immediate thought is that of something precious and arcane whose value should be judged very carefully. This is in contrast to the word France, which is associated with a beautiful place. Thus people in France or from France are beautiful, warm, kind people. Generous even. Unlike French people who suck. Unless you're frenching, in which case you're only sometimes sucking.“And...?”

Along those lines, usage means you're in bed. Use means you're just heavy petting. Also notice that common people, like common words, get used...whereas "proper" things make "appearances." Whether or not you are being exploited is a different story. Exploitation is what happens when somebody uses you or your property without listening to you. Listening is what happens when you consider another person's needs as if they were your own. You don't have to satisfy those needs. All you need to do is consider them. So many of us can't even do that.“So...?”

Help stop exploitation. Buy 4occupy. Buy a better world. Whether or not you feel you can afford to buy art, consider joining my protest. I want to guarantee every working man and every working mother on this planet a 15-day universal holiday. But I can't. Only we can do that. We have to work together. We have to accept the idea that everyone deserves time for himself and we need to build that time into a new kind of calendar. We have to give peace it's own day. We have to make love something you can't avoid. We have to make even the most miserly cold-hearted capitalist among us say that he cashed his check on Love Your Neighbor Day. There won't be any other way to say it once the Acceptance Calendar is widely adopted.“Ok.”

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Samples of Fiction from Death to McDonalds

An aerial view of Dodger Stadium in the foreground, with an imaginary partially submerged Los Angeles behind — A story bible for a comic book series set in a post climate-change California narrated by eight characters who live through a natural disaster that sinks Los Angeles and triggers a war with an expansionist Mexican government covertly supported by China.

Frame #5032

i got the installation chief on the radio. chinese. limited english. you come on boar. he says. i cant tell what hes thinking.

Sprint "Iphone" Case

6 November, 6:12 PM

Frame #6204

i cant wait to find out whats happened to this city. subsidence events. exclusion zones. i want everything spelled out in plain english.

Sprint "Iphone" Case

23 December, 8:39 AM

Frame #6182

megaphone man speaks english. with no accent. he wants us to identify ourselves. to explain what were doing in the exclusion zone.

Sprint "Iphone" Case

23 December, 8:17 AM

Frame #6227

one of the guardsmen spoke english.

Justin Bieber

23 December, 9:02 AM

Frame #4140

im no scientist says becky. chemotaxis data could stare her in the face. so what. but a memo to china. reddit says as long as its in english.

Sprint "Iphone" Case

28 September, 9:30 AM

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Samples of Fiction from The Gospel of Jesus H.

A picture of the planet Mars — An experimental science fiction Christology that makes Jesus the hard boiled narrator of his own early years on a bizarro earth made dark by volcanic ash and informally ruled by a man from Mars who sells bottled air.

That night, it was not a sheep I saw, and yet, I stared at it like the hungry wolf - the lonely wolf. It was a rare breed I had the privilege to behold, the kind that demands attention and respect. I gave both in overwhelming and puzzling varieties, which came to be received with what seemed like bewildered embarrassment. It was confused: my little, monkey-owning friend. With what strange regard that man - that English-speaking man - who came from nowhere whipping my poor, unfortunate monkey with his shirt and then, sitting right across from me, toasting me with his mug, avoids my eyes for a while until he catches them, unexpectedly, holding them with a smile, a genuine smile: that cannot be denied - compliments me, the creature must have thought, and again, and again, as I kept repeating the maneuver with apparent innocence.

– Verse 437 from the chapter called Bohemia

I smiled. She laughed a fake laugh and walked away. Following her with my eyes, I watched her disappear into a faraway booth. Putting my shirt on, I noticed Tereska was still waiting for me nearby. She was too afraid to approach. I beckoned. She came forward. She didn't speak English.

– Verse 424 from the chapter called Bohemia

In Treblinka, after looking almost everywhere, your father finally found your mother behind the County High School Number One, where several pilgrim groups were camping out and where some priests were trying to persuade the bashful, including your mother, to participate in their group dance. She kept saying, "No, no: I'm looking for my tent. Do you understand? My tent? I've lost it." They didn't speak English very well. In the end, they decided to let the crazy girl do what she wanted.

– Verse 296 from the chapter called Security

"Fake" hand-tinted photographs were everywhere: a whole system of underground painters worked day and night to fake old painting. Most of the middle class had "fakes," but if you were a Capitalist - or from a Capitalist family - and you possessed a "fake," you were liable to be disgraced. Your grandmother once happened to find a "fake" in her collection; it caused a great scandal. It even made the front-page news on a day when thirty Union soldiers from France were killed in a terrorist attack on Bremen's Town Hall. The shame of the whole affair was tempered somewhat by the fact that your grandmother made the announcement herself, took full responsibility for the outrageous tragedy, and refused, out of sheer kindness, to identify the seller, who, being a rich and respectable and therefore presumably innocent young man, had been duped, according to Madame Panzer-Tank's English-language publicists, by some terribly ambitious (and yet, terribly talented) underground and (as yet) underappreciated artist.

– Verse 16 from the chapter called Childhood

My grandfather's nephew was celebrating something. When I got to his house, I didn't have to knock. The loggia was occupied by a man and a woman smoking. Shaking their hands, I tried to explain that my grandfather's nephew lived here; this was his house; I was trying to visit him. My knowledge of Czech was poor to say the least; Polish only helped so much; English, even less. The man started using German words to help me, but that only confused.

– Verse 230 from the chapter called Bohemia

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Samples of Fiction from Sex for Children

A drawing of a man between a woman's legs in front of another man in a hospital bed — A literature book narrated by a pair of siblings on either side of the Atlantic whose profoundly weird sexual experiences pose a serious challenge to their traditional understanding of mathematicians, marriage, gay young men and God.

There were two books put aside separately. One was the New Testament; the other was an Hungarian cookbook. Both of them had seen a lot of use, but they were beautifully bound. The New Testament was a special edition, in two languages: Hungarian and English. I opened the book to the Gospels and, sure enough, one side of the page was Hungarian and the other side English. There were notes penciled all over the margins, and some serious underlining; difficult vocabulary words on either side were circled and referenced. The Gospels were heavily marked up, so were the Acts of the Apostles. I turned to something a bit more out of the way: the First Letter to Timothy, Chapter Five - that too was marked up. I was impressed. I wondered whether Albert had learned more English or more theology.

– Title 3, Regarding a Dream, Chapter 1, The First Day, Part 1, Victory & Calendar Reform, Section 7, Revealing Literature, Paragraph 3

But that was only because he sat next to her in English class, and everybody knew that he really had no serious claim. However, it was true that he had tallied a few genuine moments. But those weren't so difficult to come by. It was easy to get Luka to read something, and then she would have to take out her glasses. But the problem was that she would look down before she put them on, and then she would take them off before she looked up. So you weren't really spending any serious time. Now I realized this, and I thought of a plan to achieve total victory. We were sitting on the beach, and I was waiting for the best opportunity. A few of our friends were playing with a ball in the water. I was waiting for my cousin to leave me alone with Luca; she was definitely not interested in playing ball, and I, consequently, was suffering from a bout of cramps. Finally, my cousin was compelled to go, and I immediately began a conversation about school and schoolteachers and classroom behavior, et cetera.

– Title 3, Regarding a Dream, Chapter 1, The First Day, Part 1, Victory & Calendar Reform, Section 8, Financial Instruments, Paragraph 18, Clauses 5-16

LUKA: How do you say this again, in English? La parthénogenèse?

NIKE: Oh yeah: parthenogenesis.

LUKA: Partheno-ge-ne-sis.

NIKE: Yeah, that's some freaky shit, man.

– Title 3, Regarding a Dream, Chapter 2, The Second Day, Part 1, Labor & Economic Reform, Section 13, Discussing the Birds and the Bees, Paragraphs 12-15

INDIE: I don't think Nixon believed him. I think you are fooling with me.

NIKE: Me! never: you misheard the translation.

INDIE: Is my English not good enough?

NIKE: No: it's beautiful.

– Title 2, Regarding the Romaniac, Part 1, Section 27, Penetration, Paragraphs 74-77

I asked her to bring this up casually in conversation, so that I could elaborate on the compliment, ever so innocently - but she was afraid to do it, owing to her quality of English, which was still not very good; but she agreed and after a bit of rehearsal we met with Macy on the weekend. Once we were settled down at a certain restaurant, I learned that Macy was from Boston, that he was acquainted with you, having met you our freshman year, and that he was here in Austria for the summer for no other reason but that he wanted some culture - that, and the fact that his parents had met here in Vienna in nineteen seventy-two and had fallen madly in love.

– Title 1, Regarding Peaches and Bananas, Part 2, Section 4, Meeting a Man in Austria, Paragraph 3

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Samples of Fiction from Tsiga Tsiga Tsiga

Bullets whizzing by a statue of Nikola Tesla — A collection of stories featuring a sexy Parisian ghost, a spooky Moon base full of vagina-faced aliens, a policeman with an Irish name, a truck full of watermelons, a flautist, and a man who has to see another man about a diseased horse.

They headed towards the refrigerators. Clark muttered, "Water."

Shephard groaned, "I don't think these people understand English."

"What," asked Clark, "is the Chinese word for water?"

"It's shoe-eh."

"Shoe, eh?"

"As in, Feng Shoe-eh."

"You mean, Feng-Shway?"

"No, Shoe-eh."

"Shhweh?"

"That's the word for tax."

– from “Two Dudes and a Chinese Desert,” a friendship story featuring foreign espionage

The woman removed Shephard's blindfold. Shephard paused a moment before opening his eyes. He smiled. Pepsi's photo hardly did her justice. She was gorgeous. "Are you sure you don't have a sister?" he asked. "She says you play the jigatch very well." The woman puffed in disbelief. "She says you should never have given it up." She shook her head. "My name is Shephard. Shephard Saylor. This is my associate, Clark Hausmann." Shephard said in English, "Say hello, Clark."

– from “Two Dudes and a Chinese Desert,” a friendship story featuring an example of oppressed people

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Samples of Fiction from Sorry Ms. Jackson

Chiseled letters from an ancient stone tablet hanging on a wall — A real play. With drama in it. Talk fast. It takes two hours. Set in a guest house. In a small community. After a murder. Lots of suspicion. The characters learn to listen to each other. It's funny.

FLETCHER: What?

ALICE: You wouldn't stick me up in one of your precious pine trees, would you?

FLETCHER: Not if you stop.

ALICE: What's the matter? Don't you like your native tongue?

FLETCHER: You have no idea how many times I've had to repeat stupid phrases for guests.

ALICE: I'm sorry. I keep forgetting that you're a-

FLETCHER: What? A native? That's alright. I'm white and I speak English.

ALICE: It's funny, isn't it? Norfuk: half-Tahitian, half-eighteenth-century English.

FLETCHER: It's got its charm.

ALICE: I wonder what Pitcairn was like when the mutineers got there with their wives.

– ACT I, lines 602-611

MS. JACKSON: What about my heirloom?

GREY GOOSE: What heirloom?

MS. JACKSON: The one you stole.

GREY GOOSE: I didn't steal anything.

MS. JACKSON: Don't lie to me.

GREY GOOSE: I didn't.

LESBIAN: I did. I packed it away in my bag. I have two tickets for tonight's flight: one for me and one for you. Come. We'll explore the world as your ancestors did: the English and the Polynesians. They went from west to east; we'll go from east to west. We'll show the lost and the lovelorn what true devotion means. We'll scale Victory Peak in China. We'll sail the Punjab. We'll get lost in Gargas Cave. We'll bathe in the hot springs beneath Mount Hekla. We'll catch a Broadway show. We'll do some shopping at Shinjuku Station. We'll do anything your heart desires. All you have to do is liberate yourself. Let your passions run free. Someday we'll return to your native land. It won't ever be the same again. Nevermore will you be shamed. Woman, you'll have made the entire world yours.

MS. JACKSON: Nameless Pain! How am I to deny a penitent husband - newly birthed in remorse, in truth, in love, and desirous of similar gifts from me, his lawfully wedded wife, who, for so long, and with so many tears, kept watch over this heretofore seemingly endless and vain gestation - yet relish this sudden appearance of life: this infant curiosity: this foundling whose love demands more than my adoption could ever give? Oh, Homo: a thousand hearts couldn't beat as strongly as you have made mine beat. This is my home. I can no sooner leave it than change my body for that of a man. The world is yours; go out there and take it. Please leave me in peace. I beg you.

LESBIAN: I'll go. Though it pains me more than female circumcision, I'll go. I'll go because I love you.

– ACT II, lines 357-365

(MS. JACKSON exits.)

KOKOMO: Oh, bittersweet news! That I might have my mistress's blessing to wed her son - her firstborn and only son: her pride and joy - and make a Catholic out of a Christian, when she knows her line - her ancient English stock - would rest entirely in my womb, fills me with great joy; but since that stock, if Madam's fears be true, is filled with an urge to plant one's seed in every jar and hole - to roam rakishly over the countryside regardless of warmth at home - I must gird myself to the possibility that my loins will not be enough: that fear of the yoke will upset my plan to reveal with success this very night my feelings to my beloved Fletcher!

– ACT II, line 28

ALICE: 'If you shoot want a yun wife rater?'

FLETCHER: 'I am not Ned Young. I'm not going to shoot anybody. I'm not going to chop anybody's head off with an axe. I'm not going to abandon you for anyone. I'm going to love you for the rest of my life. So help me God, I will. You don't have to run away anymore. You don't have to be afraid that someday you're going to want to hurt me. I will never give you cause.'

ALICE: 'You ton't know tis.'

FLETCHER: 'I do know it. I may be young, but I'm not stupid. I know what I'm doing. I'm following my heart. Even if a thousand men-of-war were to show up this very afternoon with a thousand brides for me to choose from, I wouldn't leave you: not for all the Englishwomen in the world. Who took care of the sprawlers with me? Who threw me Johnny Mills to save young Polly's life? You did. Do you remember that day when the wave nearly swept those infants away? Who saved their lives? We did. Tera-ura: "Sacred Dance." Mata Ohu. It's time we had children of our own. It's time for you to have a proper family. What say you? Will you marry me?'

– ACT II, lines 214-217

ALICE: Repeatedly.

FLETCHER: Yes.

ALICE: Why is that?

FLETCHER: Why not?

ALICE: Don't you think that's excessive?

FLETCHER: We don't have to do it if you don't want to do it. It's only pretend.

ALICE: You might as well have written in a sex scene.

FLETCHER: That's not a bad idea.

ALICE: I'm not going to support your work if this is your way of having your work support you.

FLETCHER: Perfect. Keep that tone of voice. We're both confused by this strange courtship. 'Susannah' - that's your English name - 'why do you fear my boat?'

– ACT II, lines 50-59

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Samples of Fiction from Miscellaneous Dingbats

The title of the book at the end of a string of miscellaneous dingbats — A story book full of short fiction stories. An interesting bedtime mystery. A fairy tale. Science fiction romance. Adult life. Uninspiring gay fiction. Horror.

"As a three-quarter Austrian, it should be. As a quarter American, with a last name like Stewart, Andreas sounds silly."

"Too many 's's."

"Only the Italians spell the name without an 's.' Italian men are comfortable with their masculinity. They don't mind the English-speaking world thinking they're women."

"Calling you Nike is Andrea's revenge."

"It's short for Nikita."

"That's a beautiful name. It's not manly."

"It means 'unconquerable.'"

– from “St. Andrew's Eve,” a story of love that might ease one's fears depending on your outlook

My father came from a Ukrainian family but he was born in the United States. He spoke English. Unlike my mother. The most she ever managed was an awkward "Would you like anything to eat?" whenever I had a friend over. Which wasn't very often.

– from “The Most Idiotic Actress,” a fictional story that has only a few facts mixed up as far as the author knows

I hate the English language. It's too curt. Rape. Suck. Lick. Bitch. Fuck. You. If the words had more syllables they wouldn't be so forceful. Deflowerment. Inhalation. Female Dog. Copulating. Those words don't inflame people's passions.

– from “The Backed-Up Toilet,” a literature story based on something that actually happened, namely to the author

"Your necklace spells Indiana with two 'n's. Only the English and the Hungarian spell it like that."

"You should be a detective."

"Only a Hungarian would call András by his Hungarian name."

Indiana laughed. "I'm so silly. I forgot I gave it away. Do you know where I was born? It wasn't Hungary."

"You were born in Austria."

– from “St. Andrew's Eve,” a story of love that might calm one's sense of distaste depending on your outlook

"My English is good. That's true. I went to school here in the States."

Indiana smiled. "I mean to say you speak with a clarity of purpose."

Nike feigned offense. "Are you saying I have an accent?"

"Not as bad as mine."

"Your accent is beautiful."

"You should hear me speak French."

"You should hear me speak Hungarian."

Indiana laughed. "My language is difficult."

"You'll have to teach me."

"It takes practice."

– from “St. Andrew's Eve,” a story of love that might ease one's fears depending on your outlook

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Verbs That Connect With Other Verbs, Their Inflections and Rules of Syntax
Keyword Inflections			Adjectivo-Syntactic Forms		Syntax of Inflections
[infinitive] sing--plur	3^rd p. plur	time [further] sing--plur	perfect	imperfect [noun]	with the keyword [infinitive]	with the perfect form	with the imperfect form
(ha)/(')ve	(ha)/(')s	(ha)/(')d	had	[the] having	-me/to-	-	-me-
[be] (a)/(')m--(a)/(')re	(i)/(')s	was--were	been	[a] being	-to-	-	-
admit	admits	admitted	admitted	admitting [admission/admittance]			--(to)--
advise	advises	advised	advised	advising [advisement]	-me+to-		-
agree	agrees	agreed	agreed	agreeing [agreement]	-to-
allow	allows	allowed	allowed	allowing [allowance]	-me+to-		-
appear	appears	appeared	appeared	appearing [appearance]	-to-
arrange	arranges	arranged	arranged	arranging [arrangement]	-to-
ask	asks	asked	asked	[the] asking/[ask]	-(me+)/to-
bear	bears	bore	born	[the] bearing/[birth]	-to-		can't bear-
begin	begins	began	begun	[the] beginning	-to-		-
better					-
can		[could]			-
care	cares	cared	cared	[the] caring/[care]	-to-
choose	chooses	chose	chosen	[the] choosing/[choice]	-(me+)/to-
claim	claims	claimed	claimed	[the] claiming/[claim]	-to-
come	comes	came	come	[the] coming	--(to)--		-
consider	considers	considered	considered	considering [consideration]			-
continue	continues	continued	continued	continuing [continuation/continuance]	-to-		-
dare	dare(s)	dared	dared	[the] daring	--{(me)/+/(to)}--
decide	decides	decided	decided	[the] deciding/[decision]	-to-
demand	demands	demanded	demanded	[the] demanding/[demand]	-to-
deserve	deserves	deserved	deserved	[the] deserving/[desert]	-to-
do	does	did	done	[the] doing	-
encourage	encourages	encouraged	encouraged	encouraging [encouragement]	-me+to-		-
expect	expects	expected	expected	expecting [expectation]	-(me+)/to-
fail	fails	failed	failed	[the] failing/[failure]	-to-
forget	forgets	forgot	forgot(ten)	[the] forgetting	-to-		-
get	gets	got	got(ten)	[the] getting	-me+/to-	-	-
go	goes	went	gone	[the] going	--(to)--		-
happen	happens	happened	happened	[the] happening	-to-
hate	hates	hated	hated	[the] hating/[hatred]	-to-		-
help	helps	helped	helped	[a] helping	--{(me)/+/(to)}--		can't help-
hesitate	hesitates	hesitated	hesitated	hesitating [hesitation]	-to-
hope	hopes	hoped	hoped	[the] hoping/[hope]	-to-
intend	intends	intended	intended	intending [intention]	-to-
keep	keeps	kept	kept	[the] keeping			-
learn	learns	learned	learned	[the] learning	-to-
let	lets	let	let	(-)letting	--(me)--
like	likes	liked	liked	[the] liking/[like]	-(would like me+)/to-		-
love	loves	loved	loved	[the] loving/[love]	-to-		-
make	makes	made	made	[the] making	--(me)--
manage	manages	managed	managed	managing [management]	-to-
may		might			-
must					-
need	need(s)	needed	needed	(needing) [need]	-me+/to-		-
neglect	neglects	neglected	neglected	neglecting [negligence]	-to-		-
offer	offers	offered	offered	[the] offering	-to-
ought					-to-
permit	permits	permitted	permitted	permitting [permittance]	-me+to-		-
plan	plans	planned	planned	[the] planning/[plan]	-to-
prefer	prefers	preferred	preferred	preferring [preference]	-to-		-
prepare	prepares	prepared	prepared	preparing [preparation]	-(me+)/to-
pretend	pretends	pretended	pretended	pretending [pretense]	-to-
promise	promises	promised	promised	[the] promising/[promise]	-me+/to-
propose	proposes	proposed	proposed	proposing [proposal]	-to-		-
refuse	refuses	refused	refused	refusing [refusal]	-to-
regret	regrets	regretted	regretted	regretting [regret]	-to-		-
remember	remembers	remembered	remembered	remembering [remembrance]	-to-		-
see	sees	saw	seen	seeing [sight]	-me-		-me-
seem	seems	seemed	seemed	[the] seeming	-to-
shall		should			-
stand	stands	stood	stood	[the] standing	-to-		can't stand-
start	starts	started	started	[the] starting/[start]	-to-		-
stop	stops	stopped	stopped	[the] stopping/[stoppage]	-to-		-
swear	swears	swore	sworn	[the] swearing	-to-
tend	tends	tended	tended	[the] tending	-to-
threaten	threatens	threatened	threatened	threatening [threat]	-me+/to-
try	tries	tried	tried	trying [trial]	-to-		-
urge	urges	urged	urged	[the] urging/[urge]	-me+to-		-
wait	waits	waited	waited	[the] waiting/[wait]	-to-
want	wants	wanted	wanted	[the] wanting/[want]	-me+/to-
will		[(woul)/(')d]			-
wish	wishes	wished	wished	[the] wishing/[wish]	-me+/to-

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