Transcript Week 9 Bellwork PP

Monday, October 6, 2014
Corrections: using the right word, numbers, comma in a
nonrestrictive clause
Polar bares can run about thirty-five miles
per hour which is as fast as lions can run.
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Commas in a nonrestrictive clause
Rule: A non-restrictive clause is a clause which may
offer more information, but doesn’t limit the subject;
this might be something of interest, such as how old
something is or a job a person has. A non-restrictive
clause may use the word which and can be removed
from the sentence without loss of understanding.
Non-restrictive clauses are generally separated from
the rest of the sentence by commas (while restrictive
clauses are not).
Example: That box of apples, which I picked this
morning, can be used to make the pie.
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Corrections: comparative/superlative adjective, subject verb
agreement, semicolon
The most largest bird is the ostrich it
weigh as much as 300 pounds.
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Semicolon
Rule: Like commas, semicolons indicate an audible
pause—slightly longer than a comma's, but short of a
period's full stop.(Coincidence?)
* As seen in today’s bellwork, a semicolon can replace a
period if the writer wishes to narrow the gap between
two closely linked sentences.
Example:
Call me tomorrow; you can give me an answer then.
We have paid our dues; we expect all the privileges
listed in the contract.
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Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Corrections: apostrophe, double subject, pronoun-antecedent
agreement, numbers
Ostriches they cant fly, but it can run
as fast as forty miles per hour.
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Double Subject
Rule: A sentence with a double subject is
ungrammatical. A double subject occurs when the
subject of a sentence is immediately followed by a
personal pronoun. To correct, typically the pronoun is
eliminated.
Example:
Her ten-year-old son he was trapped in rubble. (X)
Her ten-year-old son was trapped in the rubble. ()
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Thursday, October 9, 2014
Corrections: parentheses, numbers
The bee hummingbird about 2 inches long builds
a nest the size of half a walnut shell.
Corrections: numbers, colon or dash, end punctuation
A bird called the arctic tern migrates from the
North Pole to the South Pole and back again
each year about twenty-two thousand miles
round-trip
Parentheses (1 of 2)
• Rule: USE PARENTHESES [ ( ) ] TO INCLUDE MATERIAL THAT YOU WANT TO DEor that wouldn't normally fit into the flow of your text but you want
to include nonetheless. If the material within parentheses appears within a
sentence, do not use a capital letter or period to punctuate that material,
even if the material is itself a complete sentence. (A question mark or
exclamation mark, however, might be appropriate and necessary.) If the
material within your parentheses is written as a separate sentence (not
included within another sentence), punctuate it as if it were a separate
sentence.
• If the material is important enough, use some other means of including it
within your text—even if it means writing another sentence.
EMPHASIZE
Colon or Dash (2 of 2)
Rule: Both the colon and the dash introduce a
related element after the sentence, but a dash
is a stronger and more informal mark than a
colon.
Example:
Many graduate students discover that there is a dark side to
academia: late nights, high stress, and a crippling addiction to
caffeinated beverages.
After eighty years of dreaming, the elderly man realized it was
time to finally revisit the land of his youth—Ireland.
Friday, October 10, 2014
Journal #9 – It is said that if you wish on a star,
your dreams come true. If you could make one
wish on a star, what would it be? Explain your
answer. Disney s AWESOME