What Everyday People Get Wrong

[WateryGrave]

What Everyday People Get Wrong

Often I see people spelling things incorrectly. It has always irked me, but what could I do? A few months ago in my english class, my teacher taught me many things that I feel if I share them with Gaia then perhaps more people can learn and understand grammar as I and many others do. 3nodding

If you are to post:
Keep everything G-rated.
Be nice.

I hope everything I've posted can help someone someday. whee  

[WateryGrave]

Key:

(vb) - verb
(prep) - prepositional phrase
(N) - noun
(adj) - adjective
(adv) - adverb
(pn) - pronoun  

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Passive/Active voices:

Active voice (AV) = the subject is going to be preforming the action.
"I built a house."
Passive voice (PV) = the subject is not preforming the action.
"A house was built by me."

Examples:
1. The flag was developed by Team 2. (PV)
Team 2 developed the flag. (AV)

2. Tina did not appreciate geometry homework given by Mr. Steve. (PV)
Mr. Steve gave out geometry homework that Tina didn't appreciate. (AV)

3. I can't see the moon. (AV)
The moon was unseen by me. (PV)

4. People are condemned as criminals by the government. (PV)
The government condemns people as criminals. (AV)

You always want to be in an active voice unless the directions ask for something else.  

[WateryGrave]

School Related Papers:

When doing a research paper, you should:
1. Select something in which you are interested.
2. Find a topic that has enough research materials.
3. Have a minimum of 3 pages, font size 12 or smaller, text Times Roman, and double spaced.
4. Find a significant topic.
5. Make sure you can write and present the topic objectively. NO OPINIONS.
6. AVOID REPORTING.

Ways to write a research paper:
1. Assert that there is a problem.
2. Offer a solution to the problem.
3. Make a statement or make a statement off affect.
4. Predict consequences.
5. Claim that there is info about which readers know little of.

When doing a persuasive speech:
1. Explain your opinions.
2. Have judgement or evaluation of something.
3. Make a prediction.
4. Propose a policy.

Think about the audiance.
Give reasons, explanations, or tell a story.
Call to action at the end.  

[WateryGrave]

Poems:

Couplets - a pair of successive lines of verse, esp. a pair that rhyme and are of the same length.
Soliloquy - the act of talking while or as if alone.
Sonets - a type of poem with fourteen lines.
Haiku - a major form of Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, and employing highly evocative allusions and comparisons, often on the subject of nature or one of the seasons.
Free Verse - verse that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern.
Blank Verse - unrhymed verse, esp. the unrhymed iambic pentameter most frequently used in English dramatic, epic, and reflective verse.

There are many types of poems, but I won't put all of them up.
Unless anyone would like to PM me any more that I forgot.  

[WateryGrave]

Correct Word Usage:

1. a, an
2. alot
a lot
3. accept (vb)
except (prep)
4. affect (vb)
effect (vb/N)
5. already (adj)
all ready (adj)
6. altogether
all together
7. alright
all right
8. among
between
9. amount (general quantity)
number (count)
10. can (suggests ability)
may (permission)
11. chose (past tense)
choose
choice
12. desert
dessert
13. different than - No such thing.
different from
14. farther (physical distance)
further (quantity/degree)
15. fewer (countable)
less (bulk)
16. good (adj)
well (adv)
17. its = posessive
it's - it is
18. know
no
19. later (adv)
latter - last, after (adj)
20. lay (to place or put)
lie (to rest/recline in a supine position)
lie - lie(present) lay(past) [has] lain(past participle)
lay - lay laid [has] laid
21. loose (adj)
lose (vb)
22. like - preposition
as - conjunction
23. passed (vb)
past (adv)
24. principal
principle
25. real (adj)
really (adv)
26. quite
quiet
27. sit - relax in a chair
set - place or put
sit - sit(present) sat(past) [have] sat(past participle)
28. there (adv)
their (pn)
they're = they are
29. to (prep.)
too (adv) - also
two
30. off of
off
31. reason ... is because
32. supposed to
used to
33. kind of - somewhat
sort of - rather
34. each & every
Don't ever use that!
35. and etc.
etc.
36. slow (adj)
slowly (adv)
37. could of
should of
would of
Use have instead of of
38. who
whom [to whom]
that
39. healthwise
moneywise
etc.-wise
40. whose
who's = who is
41. than - comparisons
then (time)
42. your
you're  

[WateryGrave]

I stayed up doing this. It's 12:08 A.M. I have to get up early tomorrow too. emo  

[Cintax Error]

This is awesome. surprised -Takes notes-  

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My throat hurts. I'm going to bed. Goodnight.  

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Cintax Error

This is awesome. surprised -Takes notes-

whee Yay!  

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I'm going to find this next time exams come around. >:3  

[WateryGrave]

I hope it helps you out. >]  

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I stopped reading when I realized that you're a bit of a hypocrite.
You were doing okay until your bit about the research paper.

"Select something in which you are interested," is proper grammar.

-edit-
I'm sorry; I may have sounded rude.
I only mean to correct what needs to be corrected.  

[Act of Random Kindness]

Sweet!!! Right in time for exams too!! *copies down notes*  

[little_evil_goth]

"Different than" isn't proper English? I had no idea! Thank you, I can use these.