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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:06 pm
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
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:06 pm
Key:
(vb) - verb (prep) - prepositional phrase (N) - noun (adj) - adjective (adv) - adverb (pn) - pronoun
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:07 pm
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.
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:08 pm
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.
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:09 pm
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.
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:15 pm
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
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 9:06 pm
I stayed up doing this. It's 12:08 A.M. I have to get up early tomorrow too. emo
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 9:08 pm
This is awesome. surprised -Takes notes-
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 9:08 pm
My throat hurts. I'm going to bed. Goodnight.
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 9:09 pm
Cintax Error This is awesome. surprised -Takes notes- whee Yay!
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 9:11 pm
I'm going to find this next time exams come around. >:3
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 9:13 pm
I hope it helps you out. >]
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 10:06 pm
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.
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 10:16 pm
Sweet!!! Right in time for exams too!! *copies down notes*
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 11:23 pm
"Different than" isn't proper English? I had no idea! Thank you, I can use these.
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