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Student Media Grammar Review: Phrases
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Student Media Grammar Review. Friday, March 2, 2007. A phrase contains either a subject or verb, but not both. There are two kinds of phrases used in sentences: prepositional phrases and verb phrases. The Prepositional Phrases are used mostly as adjectives or adverbs. There are three kinds of Verb Phrases or verbals: infinitives, used as nouns, adjectives or adverbs; and Participles, used as adjectives, and Gerunds, used as nouns. The house with the red shutters is mine. As nouns) To dream is wonderful.
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Student Media Grammar Review: Five Common Writing Errors
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Student Media Grammar Review. Friday, March 2, 2007. Five Common Writing Errors. WRONG: He don’t get it. RIGHT: He doesn’t get it. Using a Singular or Plural Verb. WRONG: John and Mary is here. RIGHT: John and Mary are here. Singular Indefinite Pronouns, Plural Indefinite Pronouns. WRONG: Everyone take out their pens. RIGHT: Everyone take out his (or her) pen. Reminder: the singular indefinite pronouns are anyone, everyone, everybody, someone, somebody, one, each, either, anybody, no one). WRONG: I like ...
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Student Media Grammar Review: April 2007
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Student Media Grammar Review. Monday, April 2, 2007. How to avoid errors in grammar. More errors occur in agreement than in any other area of grammar. The most common problem in agreement is the failure to recognize a collective noun and, as a result, using a plural pronoun or verb with it. Collective nouns are considered singular in the United States. Collective nouns are words like class, team, group, committee, club, fraternity, company, etc. Here are examples of incorrect usage:. Watch especially sen...
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Student Media Grammar Review: How to avoid errors in grammar
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Student Media Grammar Review. Monday, April 2, 2007. How to avoid errors in grammar. More errors occur in agreement than in any other area of grammar. The most common problem in agreement is the failure to recognize a collective noun and, as a result, using a plural pronoun or verb with it. Collective nouns are considered singular in the United States. Collective nouns are words like class, team, group, committee, club, fraternity, company, etc. Here are examples of incorrect usage:. Watch especially sen...
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Student Media Grammar Review: March 2007
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Student Media Grammar Review. Friday, March 2, 2007. Five Common Writing Errors. WRONG: He don’t get it. RIGHT: He doesn’t get it. Using a Singular or Plural Verb. WRONG: John and Mary is here. RIGHT: John and Mary are here. Singular Indefinite Pronouns, Plural Indefinite Pronouns. WRONG: Everyone take out their pens. RIGHT: Everyone take out his (or her) pen. Reminder: the singular indefinite pronouns are anyone, everyone, everybody, someone, somebody, one, each, either, anybody, no one). WRONG: I like ...
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Student Media Style Guide: CHRONICLE POLICY STYLE SUPPLEMENT
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Student Media Style Guide. Friday, September 28, 2007. CHRONICLE POLICY STYLE SUPPLEMENT. The chronicle uses AP style. Chronicle reporters are expected to check the Associated Press Stylebook for style. This supplement notes only the exceptions. It also elaborates on some points made in the AP Stylebook. 1 Capitalize academic courses that are proper nouns or adjectives. Example: He is studying English and Russian art. He likes his mathematics class. 3 Identify instructors and administrators. When usi...
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Student Media Grammar Review: Other Punctuation
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Student Media Grammar Review. Friday, March 2, 2007. Quote marks indicate exact words used by the speaker. The quote marks always go outside the punctuation marks. He said, “I will not run for mayor.”. Semi-colons have two uses. One is to connect two sentences close in meaning, They are used in place of the Coordinating Conjunction. The boy left; he was tired. Hyphens connect words, such as in the sentence, The gray-haired teacher left. The dash is used to say, That is to say. Five Common Writing Errors.
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Student Media Grammar Review: Punctuation: Periods and Commas
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Student Media Grammar Review. Friday, March 2, 2007. Punctuation: Periods and Commas. Punctuation makes ideas clear for they help the readers’ eyes move from one idea to the next. 1 The period ends declarative sentences. I am tired. 2 The period is used to abbreviate dates. It was Jan. 25, 2006. 3 The period indicates a decimal point. It cost $2.95. 4 The period follows someone’s initials. He is called J.T. Smith. 3 Separates words that might be unclear. What the problem is, is unclear. 10 Separates item...
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Student Media Grammar Review: Clauses
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Student Media Grammar Review. Friday, March 2, 2007. Clauses may have both a subject and verb but only one kind can stand alone. The independent clause can stand alone. The dependent clause can not. One way to construct a dependent clause is to attach a subordinate conjunction to it. Example: He is nice. I like Bob. Because he is nice, I like Bob. Examples of how to start sentences is simply using grammar. Infinitive: To dream is relaxing. Confounding the experts, Jones scored the touchdown.
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Student Media Grammar Review: Attribution and Variation
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Student Media Grammar Review. Monday, April 2, 2007. Said serves the purpose of attribution, and synonyms for said aren't necessarily good. Don't use according to, cited, commented, stated, added, feels, thinks and believes. Attribution serves a definite purpose: to indicate who said what. Synonyms for said should not be used because the writer or editor thinks that said can be repetitious. Notice the bad effect of varying the attribution in this example:. Was Nolan Ryan under interrogation? Some writers...