User:Oskykins/Tulpa grammar

Introduction

"The modern iteration of the phenomenon generally approaches the concept differently, treating tulpas as permanent every-day companions, created to accompany hosts in their daily life."

• iteration: use simpler words that most English speaking readers will understand to increase readability for PW audience
• every-day: this word does not have a hyphen. it's either "everyday" or "every day" depending on specific rules:
  • "everyday" is an adjective (describes a noun) used to describe things that (1) occur every day, or (2) are ordinary or commonplace.
  • "every day": the adjective (describes a noun) "every" modifies the noun (person, place, thing, or idea) "day".
• For example, every day you eat breakfast. You brush your teeth every day. Maybe you go for a walk every day. These are everyday activities.
• to find out which one to use, replace everyday/every day with "each day".
  • If "each day" would make sense in its place, then you want the two-word form.
  • Everyday, meanwhile, is synonymous with daily or ordinary

"The distinguishing factor that separates a tulpa from an imaginary friend, is the way in which the host experiences no sense of agency or sense of ownership over the thoughts and actions of the tulpa."

• friend, is: you don't put commas where you pause in speech. this is a common misconception which makes people use excess and unneeded commas

"These subcultures tend to define the word tulpa as a mental construct designed to appear as an autonomous entity which with training, can consistently appear to the practitioner without the usage of hallucinogens."

• tulpa: this is not a grammar rule, but it is generally helpful to tell your readers that you are referring to a word rather than using its meaning by using quotation marks or italic font in order to separate it.
• training, can: again, you do not place commas where you pause in speech.
  • there is a list of rules here: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/owlprint/607/
    • i can help you go over this if you need

"However, the exact nature of what a tulpa is, and the mechanisms on which it acts, remain subjects of speculation within the tulpa community."

• the first two commas are grammatically correct, but the third is not.
• acts, remain: this is another example of you adding a comma where you paused in your head which isn't grammatically correct

Designing a tulpa

"At its most basic level, a tulpa is created simply by designing every aspect of it in as much detail as possible, this includes the personality, appearance and voice of the tulpa but also many other factors which one could conceive of."

• what you have here is an attempt at combining two independent clauses together using a comma
  • it is not grammatically correct to do this with just a comma.
• an independent clause is a clause that can stand by itself as a complete sentence.
• you can combine two independent clauses by using a conjunction (and, but, for, nor, yet, or, so) or by using a semicolon
• alternatively, you can simply split up the independent clauses into two sentences using a period and capital letter