Monday, November 10, 2014

1. Monday, November 10, 2014 Corrections: comparative/superlative adjective, using the right word The skin on your eyelid is more thinner then the skin anywhere else on you’re body.

2. Using the Right Word – Then or Than Rule: The word then usually relates to time. It is most commonly used as an adverb. It has the following meanings: subsequently or afterwards, as a consequence or in that case, at that time or that time. The word than introduces a comparison. It is most often seen with comparatives and words like more, less and fewer.

3. Tuesday, November 11, 2014 Corrections: capitalization, colon or dash, article adjectives In 1851, a french scientist named jean Foucault discovered a important fact of astronomy the earth rotates.

4. Article Adjectives Rule: The word a becomes an when the next word begins with a vowel - a, e, i, o, u. These are called indefinite articles because the noun it goes with is indefinite or general.  The meaning of the article a is similar to the number one, but one is stronger and gives more emphasis.  Example: I need to read abook. I ate anapple for breakfast.

5. Wednesday, November 12, 2014 Corrections: using the right word, verb tense, spelling In 1602, the first successful stomack surgery was performed on a sword swallower whom has swallowed a dagger.

6. Whom or Who? Rule: Use this he/him method to decide whether who or whom is correct: he = who him = whom Example: Who/Whom wrote the letter?He wrote the letter. Therefore, who is correct.Who/Whom should I vote for?Should I vote for him? Therefore, whom is correct.

7. Thursday, November 6, 2014 Corrections: quotation marks, comma in a direct address, interjection, end punctuation, capitalization Listen class do you know that the planet Jupiter is so big that each of the other planets could fit inside of it Mr. Grim asked. Corrections: comma in a nonrestrictive phrase or clause, misplaced modifier, subject-verb agreement Each day meteor dust drift down to Earth about a thousand tons of it.

8. Quotation Marks(1 of 2) Rule: The primary function of quotation marks is to set off and represent exact language, either spoken or written, that has come from somebody else. Be sure to capitalize the first letter of a direct quote when the quoted material is a complete sentence. Example: Mr. Johnson, who was working in his field that morning, said, "The alien spaceship appeared right before my own two eyes."

9. Misplaced Modifier (2 of 2) Rule: Think of modifiers as arrows shot from a bow and the words they describe as bull's-eyes. For clear, logical sentences, writers aim modifiers so that they strike as close to the intended targets as possible. When a writer's aim is off and too much distance separates the modifier from its target, the result is a misplaced modifier.

10. Friday, November 14, 2014 Journal #14 – Stores begin putting out Christmas merchandise as soon as Halloween is over. Do you think this helps people get into the Christmas spirit, or does it have the opposite effect? Explain.