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You don’t know what you are doing! 3. The pervasive comma Commas are the most common punctuations marks aside from periods. The standard punctuation rules for commas are: to segregate words or divide a group of succeeding words in a given sentence and to isolate two identical adjectives or any contrasting clauses and phrases. Example: The supplies went to Nancy, Jim, Charlie, and the office. 4. The out-of-place semicolon Common punctuation mistakes include semicolons, which are often confused…

bamboos…” (50 essays Pg.277) Function: The gruesome tone here brings out a dark feeling from the author to the reader. Without this the message would not have come across as strongly as the author intended. Syntax: how chosen words are used to form a sentence. Example: “Laila peeked from the top of the stairs. She watched the stranger sit down with her parents. He leaned toward them. Said a few muttered words. Then Babi’s face was white, and getting whiter, and he was looking at…

On the day of Friday October 21st, 2016, at the scene of Mays Landing Court House inside the Criminal Division court room, the Honorable Judge Damon G. Tyner, JSC presided. Throughout the day Judge Tyner observed both sentencing as well as motion cases. Before arriving to the court house I reflected on my expectations; I was expecting to see this large courtroom with ten to twelve rows and massive windows. I expected to hear no talking while the Judge spoke, I also expected most to be dressed…

“If you were sentenced to five years in prison, but had the option of receiving lashes instead, what would you choose?” Writer and former police officer Peter Moskos thinks that most people would opt to receive ten lashes rather than spend five years in prison. This proposition from Moskos is the basis of his 2011 book ‘In Defense of Flogging,’ wherein he suggests corporal punishment as an alternative to incarceration. When a crime is committed, society expects an appropriate punishment to be…

If he could do it while serving a prison sentence, then a person to whom is free should have no excuse on why they can't learn a new craft. His tone throughout the essay is mixed. If he is talking about racism his tone transfers to anger, if he is talking about his past life and events, his tone…

Definition Essay EA 1.2 Formal Style Paragraph 1: Opening paragraph: (at least 5-7 sentences for each paragraph) 1. Compelling Introduction (Hook) *Choose One* -Quote: Must be from our reading/viewing/listening. And must use quote sandwich -Personal Event/Anecdote (May use ”I” only in this type of personal opening but nowhere else in this formal paper. -Statistic: Must be from our reading/viewing/listening ,d3bh. -Startling or interesting fact: Must be…

A social interaction study was conducted within the Tyndale Christian Junior School that involved teaching two focus groups of five students how to make masquerade masks. The groups included both males and females within the ages of four to six. Upon the completion of this study, I learnt that while I communicate with people I change the way that I speak depending on who I am conversing with. When I spoke to the younger children my tone sounded much higher and I spoke at a slower and clearer…

these criminals with a minimum harsh sentencing right away, making everything easier for the courts by not even having the case go to court. According to the book, The New Jim Crow, written by Michelle Alexander, “‘The value of a mandatory minimum sentence lies not in its imposition, but in its value as a bargaining chip to be given away in return for the resource-saving plea from the defendant to a more leniently sanctioned charge’”…

“fishy.” These words do not even come close to fitting the sentence being that they are all form class words. A second point of interest is the fact that no one was able to come up with the correct word for “prolific.” That is the only entry that no one was able to correctly identify. 2. There is more agreement among the structure class words such as “to,” “of,” “that,” and “and.” These are words that helped keep the flow of the sentence. I feel that I had an easier time picking out these words…

adult court and they were to treat them as adult criminals. Before this law, there was not a god implementation of the law I the State because the history showed that out of all the teen murders from 1996, only 14-16 got the punishment of the life sentence. And most of them who got the punishment, were the criminals who were not a regular…