03-14-2011, 03:55 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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Grammar lessons for Shaw
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Let's start with what you wrote in the sexbox: "We should have an award thread. Pick like funniest poster, and have a ton of other catagory's" This is a plural/apostrophe issue. Let me explain. Apostrophes are used for contractions (we won't deal with contractions right now since that's not how you misused it in this example) and possessives. Think of a possessive as claiming something as a possession: That is Tim's book. I used an apostrophe because the book belongs to Tim. Here is another example: Japan's coastal region suffered heavy losses. I used an apostrophe because the coastal region belongs to Japan. The reason why your usage was incorrect is because the "category's" don't belong to anyone. Therefore, to make it plural (more than one) it would be categories Other examples of ies endings: skies, spies, cries Feel free to ask any questions, and don't listen to the haters. |
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03-14-2011, 05:01 PM | #2 (permalink) |
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Like I've said before. If I cared, I would proofread my post. I don't care, nor do I have enough time to worry about it. It will continue to suck.
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Nubblies: If we put up with Felix, we will put up with you too.
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03-14-2011, 05:11 PM | #5 (permalink) |
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I suffer from its vs it's.
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The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers and be capable of reading them. |
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03-14-2011, 05:25 PM | #8 (permalink) |
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The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers and be capable of reading them. |
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03-14-2011, 05:34 PM | #9 (permalink) |
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Fine.
It's vs its. A contraction is two words becoming one. So it is becomes it's. It has also becomes it's. We use contractions everyday. Some examples: we are becomes we're, will not becomes won't, they are becomes they're, and so on. Its is a possessive pronoun. For example: The dog ate its food. Its refers to the dog, and its is possessive because it's talking about the dogs food. You wouldn't say: The dog ate it's food. Because it's is a contraction. Separate the contraction if you're not sure. The dog ate it is food. The dog ate it has food. Doesn't work. |
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Comma splices are easy to catch and fix. Essentially a comma splice is another name for a run on sentence. Every sentence has a main clause. We use commas to attach a dependent clause onto a main clause.
For example: Harry read his essay, thinking of how to make it better. Harry read his essay is a independent (main) clause, because it can stand alone. You could easily put a period after essay. "thinking of how to make it better" is a dependent clause, because it's not a stand alone sentence - there's no subject. A common splice is when you attach two independent clauses: Harry sipped his drink and looked around, he had always been a messy eater and today was no different. It's a splice because both clauses are independent. The way to fix a splice is with a period, a semi colon, a dash, parenthesis, or with a coordinating conjunction. A coordinating conjunction is a word that connects two ideas. Like this: Harry took a bite of his apple and wiped his mouth with a napkin, for he had always been a messy eater. Coordinating conjunctions are connecting words: for, but, yet, as, or, so, and so on. |
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Also, I might as well correct your mistake since it's one a lot of people make. There are three ways to use: to, too, two. Two is the number 2. Too is a kind of way of emphasizing - at least there's how I think of it. Example: There are too many people in here. You are too fat. I want to come too! To is usually a preposition, which means in relation to an object, basically. So, example: I am going to school. | |
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