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    She makes the statement, “You’ve got good blood! I know you wouldn’t shoot a lady” (370).  I feel as though I did give an example in this section to show the effort of the grandmother. • Tense, rephrase for more formality, and a comma before but. o Original:  The Misfit didn’t take too kindly to her comments but she continued to push him by saying, “I know you’re a good man. You don’t look a bit like you have common blood. I know you must come from good people” (368). o Correction:…

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    Comas In Grammar Moves

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    grammar I still struggle with is the correct placement of the comma. As I read through the chapter discussing commas in Grammar Moves, I realized that it may be more the matter of recognizing what the independent clause actually is in the sentence and then separating it properly from the dependent clause. The text refers to this as essential and nonessentially information. The “Purdue OWL” website has a section on “Extended Rules for Using Commas,” that helped clarify what is actually the…

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    for the meaning online. Anyway, if you really want to use a fancy word, you can always look for a synonym because it always works too. 7. Misuse of semicolon should be put off. According to grammar rules, a semicolon is a half-comma and a half-period. As a strong comma, it should be used to provide strong separation of two independent clauses with a coordinating conjunction or to separate a series of phrases or clauses with internal…

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    years. Not only will these benefit my overall writing and making it flow better, it will all in all make more sense to the readers. Even though I learned many skills and objectives during this semester, four skills really stood out to me. Cohesion, comma usage, the use of satire, and how to write a definitional essay. English Composition. has been a very helpful class and and will not only help me while I am still in high school, but as I move onto college. Although this class is nearly over,…

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    To Semicolon, or not to Semicolon? Semicolons are a great way to change the structure of a sentence, separate clauses and add something new to a paper. Unfortunately, it appears there are not a lot of people who know how to use semicolons correctly, whether it is from not being taught properly, or from assumptions on how to use them. Semicolons seem professional, and they certainly can be when they are used under the right circumstances; however, inserting a semicolon where it is deemed…

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    isn’t,” he reminded her, his backpack now shrugged over his shoulders. (Comma instead of a period because you’re attributing this directly to him, just like if you typed, he said.) “I’m not alone,” she offered. (Same thing as above.)…

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    A story has to be told by somebody. In Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World by author Tracy Kidder, the “storyteller” is the author, and this influences the reader through many points of the author’s passive tone ; even though it is told from his point of view, his conversation is sort of second-hand, submissive, and Dr. Farmer is the subject and the object of the story. Body Paragraph 1: passive tone Tracy Kidder speaks with a passive…

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    A Semester of Improvement Every year, English students work hard in order to perform well in their English classes. These students strive, not only to earn a good grade, but to meet their overall goal to improve their writing. Every student wants to ensure that their final essay is stronger than their first essay. This year I have achieved this goal as my writing has improved since the beginning of the year. In fact, I have not only improved my essay, but my overall class performance as well.…

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    more than an album and how special of a project it was. Even though I am proud of most of the essay, there are things I would like to revise if given the chance. I had some problems with commas when it came to listing. Also I would fix the few comma splices that I had. Another thing I would change is that I put commas in front of in…

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    life, and I felt I had no one to turn to. I was in a spiritual comma. I knew that I was not spiritually dead. I still believed and had faith in God, however I was not able to exercise that faith. I was able to hear about God working. However, I was not able to see him work or feel him working. Many say that when someone is in a comma they can hear, even though they cannot see or even feel. I spent about three months in that spiritual comma, until one day, as Iyanla Vanzant would say, my soul…

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