l A compound sentence structure shows that 2 thoughts are connected and of equal importance. If the 2 thoughts are not equal important, then they can’t link together as a compound sentence.
Example:
Learning new knowledge is fun, but going to school is tired and bored.
(These 2 thoughts are equal important, so they can link together with the word “but”.)
Example:
She bought a new iphone. She is the new one in school.
(These 2 thoughts are not equal important, so they can not link together)
l A compound sentence is a sentence with 2 or more independent clause.
l There are correct ways and incorrect ways to link independent clauses. If independent clauses are incorrect linked, it will be a run-on sentence.
Example:
I turned in almost all the assignments but the teacher still failed me.
(Notice that it is a run-on sentence. We have to have punctuation to make it correct compound sentence.)
(I turned in almost all the assignments, but the teacher still failed me.)
l We use linking words to connect independent clauses. There are two types of linking words.
1. coordinating conjunctions ( short linkers ): For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
(Known as the Fanboys)
Rule
When 2 independent clauses are joined together by a short linker, put a comma in front of that linker.
2. conjunctive adverbs ( long linkers ): Consequently, Therefore, However, Nevertheless, Thus, Hence, Henceforth, In fact
Rule
When 2 independent clauses are joined by a long linker, put a semicolon in front of that linker and a comma behind it. But sometimes 2 independent clauses may be linked only by a semicolon.
Example:
Some students know they don’t have enough sleep on weekdays; however, they still play video games for the whole night on weekends.
(These 2 clauses are connected by a long linker “however”; therefore, there is a semicolon in front of it and a comma behind it.)
Paris Anderson Megan Dozier Reyna Hernandez Period 5
Reyna, Megan and Paris here.
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Today we are going to have a little fun with words and discuss idioms.
Idioms are phrases that cannot be translated by their literal meanings and can only be understood figuratively, but only mean something to people who live in the same place. For example it's raining cats and dogs is one idiom that is known to most Americans which means that it is raining really hard. Imagine if you came from another country you would think that Americans are crazy by saying that it’s raining cats and dogs.
Most idioms don't make any sense at all and might sound sort of funny at first, but you'll get the hang of it soon enough.
Well, her are some examples and their meanings:
Idioms Meaning
between a rock and a hard place to have to make a decision between to very unpleasant things
pay through the nose to pay to much for something
a needle in a haystack something very hard to find
beat someone to the punch to do something before someone else
spin in someone's grave to be very shocked and upset about something that someone has done
a piece of cake something that can be done very easily
a taste of your own medicine when you are mistreated in the same manner that you mistreated someone else
actions speak louder than words it is better to do something than to just talk about doing it
his bark is worse than his bite when a person only makes threats, but doesn't do anything about it
My group learned about revising wordy sentences. We found some of some internet sources that have examples of revising wordy sentences (www2.ivcc.edu, wps.ablongman.com, writingcenter.gmu.edu). In the websie site it tells you to eliminate common wordy expressions, also to combine senteces to avoid wordiness. Basically it means not to have any any run-on senteces or not to have a conjestion in any of your senteces.
Abbreviation- An abbreviation is a short way of writing a word or phrase. For example instead of writing Doctor White you would write Dr. White which you would abbreviate the word doctor. The key difference is that an abbreviation does not normally have a distinctive pronunciation of its own. So, for example, the abbreviation Dr is pronounced just like Doctor. - information found by www.google.com
Capitalization- Is when you capitalize the first word in every sentence, or the first word both in the salutation and in the closing of a letter. For example: This poem has no title, or Does the author say why? ANother form of capitalization can be when you're starting a letter and you say: Dear Ann or Dear Mr. Jones. -information from the literature pg. 1046
Ali Kheraj Christian Morales Dijon Prude Run-on Sentences
Our topic is about run on sentences. In our presentation we will show you how to identify them and avoid making mistakes! A run on sentence is a sentence that continuously keeps on going with no punctuations or conjunction. A run on sentence can be long or short, but it doesn’t contain punctuations, “and”, comma splice, and other punctuations. For example, in this sentence "his friends were worried about their curfew they would never reach their house on time". In this sentence we learn that this is a common mistake. There in no punctuation in this sentence. This sentence should be written like this "his friends were worried about their curfew; they would never reach their house on time". As we learned we had to put a comma for the reader to understand why his friends were worried and what they had to do next. another example of a Run-on sentence is "I am a gamer I am a student" this is a Run-on sentence because the gamer is describing who he is, but if we want to use it as 2 completely different sentences you have to add a semicolon to it for example, " I am a gamer; I am a student". There are many ways to fix run on sentences, but the best way to fix them is to see how you want to incorporate your sentence to the readers. Some ways to avoid run on sentences are: Insert a coordinating conjunction (such as "and" or "but") after the comma Insert a semicolon between the clauses Insert a semicolon and a transitional word between the clauses Insert a colon (if the relationship of the second clause clarifies, defines, exemplifies the first clause
A suffix is a part of a word that is added to the end of another word. A suffix can also change the definition or the "Part of speech" of a word. So When you use a word in a sentence and you add the suffix to it, it is possible that the meaning of the sentence can change from that one word.
Juan Mendez, Luis Cartegena, Victor Ramirez period 5 10/17/08
Appositive phrase Deff-a type of noun that follows the noun compare or pronoun it modifies and amplifies or restricts its meaning. source-www.mhhe.com/mayfieldpub/towldaploos.htm
Deff- is a grammetical construction in which two elements,normaly noun phrases are placed side by side with one element serving to define or modify the other when this device is used,the two elements are said to be in apposition . for example in the phrase "my friend alice the name alice is in apposition to my friend.
Deff-appositive-an appositive is noun (or noun phrase) that is juxtaposed with another noun and helps to define or darity the noun as in the following examples. (The appositive us underlined the noun being described or modified is in bold.
Grammar Girl Speaking Today’s Topic is the difference between doesn’t and don’t
Doesn't or Don't? Doesn't, does not, or does is used with the third person singular--words like he, she, and it. Don't, do not, or do is used for other subjects
The apostrophes in the words doesn’t and don’t are used to shorten the word. Doesn’t has a meaning of does not and don’t is shorter for do not. Doesn’t is more of a meaning of when you doesn’t want to do something and don’t is when you shouldn’t do something.
Examples Incorrect- It doesn’t matter anymore. Correct- It doesn’t matter anymore.
References www.englishplus.com/grammar
Comments (4) for doesn’t and don’t Gloria says- Sometimes when you use doesn’t and don’t in my opinion is better to just write it out like this example: I do not like going to school and she does not like eating ice cream. I feel like is more clear because theirs people that get confused between the two.
Chelsey Says- When most people use the form of doesn’t and don’t its more of a negative comment; as in “I don’t want to do my homework. “ or doesn’t as; “It doesn’t matter what you say to me, I’m going to do what I want.”
Alejandro Says- That people use don’t when their talking about a multiple amount of people and other people use doesn’t when their just talking about one person.
Lauren Says- I usually tend to use doesn’t and don’t, I rarely use “do not” or “does not” in my opinion I don’t get to confused in using either or, but most people tend to not know how to use the ‘s.
12 comments:
Grammar Girl – Compound Sentence
l A compound sentence structure shows that 2 thoughts are connected and of equal importance. If the 2 thoughts are not equal important, then they can’t link together as a compound sentence.
Example:
Learning new knowledge is fun, but going to school is tired and bored.
(These 2 thoughts are equal important, so they can link together with the word “but”.)
Example:
She bought a new iphone. She is the new one in school.
(These 2 thoughts are not equal important, so they can not link together)
l A compound sentence is a sentence with 2 or more independent clause.
l There are correct ways and incorrect ways to link independent clauses. If independent clauses are incorrect linked, it will be a run-on sentence.
Example:
I turned in almost all the assignments but the teacher still failed me.
(Notice that it is a run-on sentence. We have to have punctuation to make it correct compound sentence.)
(I turned in almost all the assignments, but the teacher still failed me.)
l We use linking words to connect independent clauses. There are two types of linking words.
1. coordinating conjunctions ( short linkers ): For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
(Known as the Fanboys)
Rule
When 2 independent clauses are joined together by a short linker, put a comma in front of that linker.
2. conjunctive adverbs ( long linkers ): Consequently, Therefore, However, Nevertheless, Thus, Hence, Henceforth, In fact
Rule
When 2 independent clauses are joined by a long linker, put a semicolon in front of that linker and a comma behind it. But sometimes 2 independent clauses may be linked only by a semicolon.
Example:
Some students know they don’t have enough sleep on weekdays; however, they still play video games for the whole night on weekends.
(These 2 clauses are connected by a long linker “however”; therefore, there is a semicolon in front of it and a comma behind it.)
Idiom Grammar Girl
Paris Anderson
Megan Dozier
Reyna Hernandez
Period 5
Reyna, Megan and Paris here.
This podcast is sponsored by Ms. Allen. Go to Ms. Allan's Class and check out her cool methods of teaching. Go to Room T201 to get a glimpse now.
Today we are going to have a little fun with words and discuss idioms.
Idioms are phrases that cannot be translated by their literal meanings and can only be understood figuratively, but only mean something to people who live in the same place. For example it's raining cats and dogs is one idiom that is known to most Americans which means that it is raining really hard. Imagine if you came from another country you would think that Americans are crazy by saying that it’s raining cats and dogs.
Most idioms don't make any sense at all and might sound sort of funny at first, but you'll get the hang of it soon enough.
Well, her are some examples and their meanings:
Idioms
Meaning
between a rock and a hard place
to have to make a decision between to very unpleasant things
pay through the nose
to pay to much for something
a needle in a haystack
something very hard to find
beat someone to the punch
to do something before someone else
spin in someone's grave
to be very shocked and upset about something that someone has done
a piece of cake
something that can be done very easily
a taste of your own medicine
when you are mistreated in the same manner that you mistreated someone else
actions speak louder than words
it is better to do something than to just talk about doing it
his bark is worse than his bite
when a person only makes threats, but doesn't do anything about it
That's all and here are some websites on idioms.
My group learned about revising wordy sentences. We found some of some internet sources that have examples of revising wordy sentences (www2.ivcc.edu, wps.ablongman.com, writingcenter.gmu.edu). In the websie site it tells you to eliminate common wordy expressions, also to combine senteces to avoid wordiness. Basically it means not to have any any run-on senteces or not to have a conjestion in any of your senteces.
-Laundius Haywood
Nathalie Ruiz
Ryan Harper
Abbreviation- An abbreviation is a short way of writing a word or phrase. For example instead of writing Doctor White you would write Dr. White which you would abbreviate the word doctor. The key difference is that an abbreviation does not normally have a distinctive pronunciation of its own. So, for example, the abbreviation Dr is pronounced just like Doctor. - information found by www.google.com
Capitalization- Is when you capitalize the first word in every sentence, or the first word both in the salutation and in the closing of a letter. For example: This poem has no title, or Does the author say why? ANother form of capitalization can be when you're starting a letter and you say: Dear Ann or Dear Mr. Jones. -information from the literature pg. 1046
Ali Kheraj
Christian Morales
Dijon Prude
Run-on Sentences
Our topic is about run on sentences. In our presentation we will show you how to identify them and avoid making mistakes!
A run on sentence is a sentence that continuously keeps on going with no punctuations or conjunction. A run on sentence can be long or short, but it doesn’t contain punctuations, “and”, comma splice, and other punctuations. For example, in this sentence "his friends were worried about their curfew they would never reach their house on time". In this sentence we learn that this is a common mistake. There in no punctuation in this sentence. This sentence should be written like this "his friends were worried about their curfew; they would never reach their house on time". As we learned we had to put a comma for the reader to understand why his friends were worried and what they had to do next. another example of a Run-on sentence is "I am a gamer I am a student" this is a Run-on sentence because the gamer is describing who he is, but if we want to use it as 2 completely different sentences you have to add a semicolon to it for example, " I am a gamer; I am a student". There are many ways to fix run on sentences, but the best way to fix them is to see how you want to incorporate your sentence to the readers. Some ways to avoid run on sentences are:
Insert a coordinating conjunction (such as "and" or "but") after the comma
Insert a semicolon between the clauses
Insert a semicolon and a transitional word between the clauses
Insert a colon (if the relationship of the second clause clarifies, defines, exemplifies the first clause
Sources
http://www.reference.com/browse/run%20on%20sentence
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run-on_sentence
Christian Morales
Dijon Prude
Ali Kheraj
Our Grammar Girl: Suffixes
A suffix is a part of a word that is added to the end of another word. A suffix can also change the definition or the "Part of speech" of a word. So When you use a word in a sentence and you add the suffix to it, it is possible that the meaning of the sentence can change from that one word.
Examples of Suffixes:
Help-Verb= Helpful-Adverb
C
Juan Mendez, Luis Cartegena, Victor Ramirez
period 5
10/17/08
Appositive phrase
Deff-a type of noun that follows the noun compare or pronoun it modifies and amplifies or restricts its meaning.
source-www.mhhe.com/mayfieldpub/towldaploos.htm
Deff- is a grammetical construction in which two elements,normaly noun phrases are placed side by side with one element serving to define or modify the other
when this device is used,the two elements are said to be in apposition . for example in the phrase "my friend alice the name alice is in apposition to my friend.
Deff-appositive-an appositive is noun (or noun phrase) that is juxtaposed with another noun and helps to define or darity the noun as in the following examples.
(The appositive us underlined the noun being described or modified is in bold.
Grammar Girl Speaking
Today’s Topic is the difference between doesn’t and don’t
Doesn't or Don't?
Doesn't, does not, or does is used with the third person singular--words like he, she, and it.
Don't, do not, or do is used for other subjects
The apostrophes in the words doesn’t and don’t are used to shorten the word. Doesn’t has a meaning of does not and don’t is shorter for do not. Doesn’t is more of a meaning of when you doesn’t want to do something and don’t is when you shouldn’t do something.
Examples
Incorrect- It doesn’t matter anymore.
Correct- It doesn’t matter anymore.
References
www.englishplus.com/grammar
Comments (4) for doesn’t and don’t
Gloria says- Sometimes when you use doesn’t and don’t in my opinion is better to just write it out like this example: I do not like going to school and she does not like eating ice cream. I feel like is more clear because theirs people that get confused between the two.
Chelsey Says- When most people use the form of doesn’t and don’t its more of a negative comment; as in “I don’t want to do my homework. “ or doesn’t as; “It doesn’t matter what you say to me, I’m going to do what I want.”
Alejandro Says- That people use don’t when their talking about a multiple amount of people and other people use doesn’t when their just talking about one person.
Lauren Says- I usually tend to use doesn’t and don’t, I rarely use “do not” or “does not” in my opinion I don’t get to confused in using either or, but most people tend to not know how to use the ‘s.
A compound sentence structure shows that two different sentences are connected somehow and are both equally important
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