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

"It is worth noting however that once sentience has been gained, deviation from its original design is very common."

• however: you ALWAYS need commas between the word "however" if it isn't at the beginning or end of the sentence.

"This can be defined as the act of a tulpa altering its form in your mind, or some other feature, of its own volition, causing it to look or act differently from the host's predefined idea of the tulpa."

• feature, of its own: don't put commas where you pause in your head

"Whether or not deviations occur, depends entirely on the tulpamancer and tulpa in question."

• occur, depends: don't put commas where you pause in your head

Applications for tulpas

"The mental construct of a tulpa can be applied to help the host with a variety of different tasks, some applications commonly found within the tulpa community include:"

• another grammatically incorrect attempt at combining two independent clauses
• split the two independent clauses into two sentences

Auditory

"For example, early communication is often limited to non-linguistic and/or mutually generated responses, consequently a tulpaemancer should be perceptive to these forms of communication."

• another grammatically incorrect attempt at combining two independent clauses
• split the two independent clauses into two sentences

"Conversation carries an inherent opportunity for response, additionally the tulpa can mutually generate responses from the ideas one talks to them about."

• another grammatically incorrect attempt at combining two independent clauses
• split the two independent clauses into two sentences

"This conversational engagement can be on any topic, the events of the day, abstract ideas and beliefs, reading aloud, story telling, and so forth."

• you have phrased the sentence grammatically like this:
  • This conversational engagement can be on any topic
  • This conversational engagement can be on the events of the day
  • This conversational engagement can be on abstract ideas and beliefs
  • This conversational engagement can be on reading aloud
  • This conversational engagement can be on story telling

• do the last two sentences make sense to you? not as clearly as it should.
• needs rephrasing

"There are several conditions and practices which can facilitate communication that are useful while initially developing this ability."

• "communication" = singular
  • therefore, use "is"
  • communication that IS useful

"A quiet environment free from distractions is ideal, one should stay receptive to their tulpa but avoid over-expectation which can hinder the young tulpas ability to communicate."

• another grammatically incorrect attempt at combining two independent clauses
• split the two independent clauses into two sentences
• tulpa's ability: the ability belongs to the tulpa = it is possessive = use an apostrophe

"At first, a tulpas thought stream or mind voice will usually sound very similar or identical to their hosts thought stream."

• tulpa's thought stream = the thought stream belongs to the tulpas = possesive = use apostrophe
• their host's thought stream = the thought stream of their host = possessive = use apostrophe

"With time and development, the tulpas communication becomes more prominent as an internal response, more defined as their own unique voice, more capable of extended discussion, and more capable of conveying abstract or complicated ideas."

• the tulpa's communication = the communication of the tulpa = possessive = use apostrophe
• can rephrase rest of sentence so it's not redundant as fuck
  • With time and development, the tulpa's communication becomes more prominent as an internal response, more defined as their own unique voice, and more capable of extended discussion as well as abstract or complicated ideas.

"Separately generated internal responses which sound as if they are simply another thought stream present along side of ones own can be achieved relatively quickly compared to audible responses which sound as if they are externally generated for most tulpaemancers."

• alongside is ALWAYS one word
• one's own unique voice = one's voice = the voice of one = possessive = need apostrophe