Homework?! Blech. For Monday (3/28) comment on this post with your combined sentences for the odd numbered exercises listed in Exercise #31 on page 187 of the text. Be prepared to discuss the decisions you made, including why you chose…
Month: March 2011
Blog Prompt #6
The sixth blog prompt comes in two parts. First, what word or words do you dislike. You can choose words based on how they sound, their meaning, etc. For instance, I dislike the word ointment, primarily based on the way…
The Grammar Police on ‘You Are What You Speak’
Listening to NPR on my way to campus this morning, I stumbled across a discussion between a self-proclaimed “Grammar Cop” and the author of a book asserting that “errors” in usage are often culturally-bound and/or indicate the evolution of the…
Grammar Cops on the Beat! (Blog Prompts #9 and #10)
The ninth and tenth blog prompts will require you to create an account with, and post your responses to, the Grammartime site. Credit for Blog Prompts #9 and #10 will be awarded for identifying “errors” in published work (textbooks, signs,…
Blog Prompt #5
Choose at least three sentences from the primary source and identify the adverbials in each sentence. Then, identify the role of each adverbial; that is decide whether the adverbial provides more information about time, manner, location or reason. Then, discuss…