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All Syntactical Hell Breaks Loose

All Syntactical Hell Breaks Loose

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The Mother’s voice, dreamy?

The Archer, by Shruti Swamy

woman carrying a boy near metal frame
dreamy? happy but tinged with—what?

The Mother’s voice, dreamy?

This sentence isn’t a sentence. Meaning it isn’t complete in itself. But you unders…

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