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cubanlord
Joined: 08 Jul 2005
Location: In Japan!
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 Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 11:07 pm Post subject: The Grammar Game! |
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You will write one sentence with one error in it. The grammar Guru's on Dave's will solve it for you and give an explanation as how they went about solving the problem. I will begin:
Although she doesn't seem to be sick, the high fever is evident in Jane. |
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Satori
Joined: 09 Dec 2005
Location: Above it all
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| Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 11:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Should be "a high fever", as fever has not been mentioned before, meaning that the reference to fever has to use the general "a" not the specific "the". |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 11:56 pm Post subject: |
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| I think there ought to be a law against doing something like that in a place like this |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 12:00 am Post subject: |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
| I think there ought to be a law against doing something like that in a place like this |
Lack of punctuation. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 12:03 am Post subject: |
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| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
| VanIslander wrote: |
| I think there ought to be a law against doing something like that in a place like this |
Lack of punctuation. |
That should of counted, shouldn't it?  |
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Percy Nickets
Joined: 18 May 2006
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| Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 12:23 am Post subject: Re: The Grammar Game! |
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| cubanlord wrote: |
| You will write one sentence with one error in it. The grammar Guru's on Dave's will solve it for you and give an explanation as how they went about solving the problem. I will begin: |
"Begin" comes before the process, not after. |
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flotsam
Joined: 28 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 12:26 am Post subject: |
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Lack of punctuation. |
Fragment. |
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flotsam
Joined: 28 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 12:27 am Post subject: |
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Improper punctuation. |
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flotsam
Joined: 28 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 12:28 am Post subject: |
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| no longer on Geoje-do, MOVED to the peninsula! |
Sentence doesn't begin with a capital letter; the comma is questionable and the exclamation mark is annoying. |
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flotsam
Joined: 28 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 12:29 am Post subject: |
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No period. |
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flotsam
Joined: 28 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 12:30 am Post subject: |
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| Life is a very precious gift... |
Complete B.S.
My, this is fun. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 12:37 am Post subject: |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
| VanIslander wrote: |
| I think there ought to be a law against doing something like that in a place like this |
Lack of punctuation. |
That should of counted, shouldn't it? |
I believe you meant to write 'should have', not 'should of.' |
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cubanlord
Joined: 08 Jul 2005
Location: In Japan!
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| Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 1:40 am Post subject: |
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| Satori wrote: |
| Should be "a high fever", as fever has not been mentioned before, meaning that the reference to fever has to use the general "a" not the specific "the". |
WRONG!()@*!()@*!)@(! HAHAHA..GOT ONE FOR ME. Whenever you are using a subordinate clause (in a complex sentence), the subject MUST come immediately after it.
Although she doesn't seem to be sick, the high fever is evident in Jane.
Corrected one: Although she doesn't seem to be sick, Jane evidently has a high fever.
You have an ambigious (sp?) pronoun reference in the dependent clause. It must be specified in the independent clause.
PHEW...  enough for me. Ok....someone else. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 2:17 am Post subject: |
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| flotsam wrote: |
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| no longer on Geoje-do, MOVED to the peninsula! |
Sentence doesn't begin with a capital letter; the comma is questionable and the exclamation mark is annoying. |
My location tagline was never meant to be a sentence. And it follows a colon anyways.
| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
| VanIslander wrote: |
| That should of counted, shouldn't it? |
I believe you meant to write 'should have', not 'should of.' |
Bingo! One point goes to you.
There are many ways to score points in this game.  |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 2:53 am Post subject: |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
| flotsam wrote: |
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| no longer on Geoje-do, MOVED to the peninsula! |
Sentence doesn't begin with a capital letter; the comma is questionable and the exclamation mark is annoying. |
My location tagline was never meant to be a sentence. And it follows a colon anyways.
| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
| VanIslander wrote: |
| That should of counted, shouldn't it? |
I believe you meant to write 'should have', not 'should of.' |
Bingo! One point goes to you.
There are many ways to score points in this game. |
There's a colon and D at the end of your sentence. |
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