Five fatal mistakes in English usage

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  • + marlogne marlogne 12 months ago
    Superb! Can you send me a copy? marlontmanalo@yahoo.com.ph
  • + sana.n Sana Ahmad 2 years ago
    hey this is a great presentation...would really b obliged if you could email it to me, email is ahmadnsana@yahoo.com
  • + maximise maximise 2 years ago
    Please do not start a sentence with a subordinating conjunction but rather, follow the previous statement with a semi-colon and follow by a subordinate clause.
  • + maximise maximise 2 years ago
    Humph! What about the use of non-parenthetical commas before conjunctions?
  • + jelina Jelina Haines 2 years ago
    Hi mumphrey,
    I can’t read text messaging, I have to asked my son to interpret the words for me.
    I won’t say that I am fluent on English, especially English is not my first language so most of the time I have to correct myself in terms of grammar and tenses.

  • + mumphrey mumphrey 3 years ago
    Gee, deanbush. Of course spellcheck doesn’t catch all errors. But only an inexperienced writer would avoid it for that reason. I’m a little forgiving of students who use the wrong homonym--just as I’m a bit forgiving of your use of the singular in your first sentence when clearly you meant to use a plural--but a student in this era who turns in a paper with a spelling error that would have been caught by a simple spell check has, in my view, committed a 'fatal error.' The paper gets an 'F'.

  • + pamelag1972 Pamela Gustafson 3 years ago
    Very motivational. Loved the slides on habits.
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  1. The 5 fatal mistakes in English usage Papers (or journal or blog entries with these errors will not receive a grade)
    • Misspelling words jump
    • Beginning a sentence without a capital jump
    • Using text-messaging abbreviations
    • Jump
    • 4. Writing sentence fragments jump
    • 5. Writing run-on sentences (and comma splices) jump
  2. Misspelled Words
  3. We live in the spell check era. Use it.
  4. To a large extent, the worlds of education, business, and government are closed to you if you cannot turn in text without misspellings.
  5. The habit of checking, and re-checking, the spelling of documents you create is vital.
  6. No school assignment should be handed in with words misspelled.
  7. Beginning a sentence without a capital (or failing to capitalize “I”)
  8. Not capitalizing the first word of each sentence is the quickest and easiest way to:
  9. 1. Not get that job you want. Few employers will bother with someone who can’t or doesn’t write standard English.
  10. 2. Not be taken seriously by other people. People will assume you’re dumb if your writing is sloppy. In fact, not taking the time to fix simple problems is dumb.
  11. 3. Not to pass this class.
  12. It’s true that some online communities Have relaxed rules about capitalization. Sometimes, no capitalization is used.
  13. This is okay, in those places, just as it’s okay to lounge around the house in slippers and a ragged t-shirt.
  14. But it’s not okay at school or at work.
  15. Using text-messaging abbreviations
  16. If u wan2tlk to tptb u need 2tlk in English 
  17. Translation: If you want to talk to the powers that be, you need to speak in English. tkmwfi (take my word for it)
  18. Sentence fragments A complete sentence expresses a complete thought
  19. Are these groups of words sentences?
  20. Although Rachel worked hard on her paper My student editor Derrick A freshly watered houseplant Because I couldn’t find the right program
  21. They aren’t sentences because they aren’t complete thoughts.
    • What happened although Rachel worked hard?
    • What about my student editor Derrick?
    • What about that freshly watered house plant?
    • What happened because you couldn’t find the program?
  22. What’s wrong with the following “sentence”?
    • Jesse loves to write poetry he’s a talented writer.
    • The sentence is wrong because “Jesse likes to write poetry” and “He’s a talented writer” can both stand as complete sentences. Therefore, we can’t merge them into a single sentence without separating them in some way.
    • It’s a “run-on sentence.” It’s not good enough to join the two thoughts with a comma. That’s called a “comma splice”:
    • Jesse stopped at the grocery store, he needed a lunch for the field trip tomorrow.
  23. If you have two independent clauses, they need to be separated by something more powerful than a comma.
    • A clause is a group of words that contains both a subject and a predicate.
    • Dependent clauses cannot stand alone as sentences:
      • Although I was on time for work
      • Because Alice was the first one in line
    • Independent clauses can stand alone as sentences:
      • Gary did want the sandwich
      • My brother, Greg, was late for the meeting
  24. There are 5 ways to fix run-on sentences
    • Make the two clauses into two sentences:
    Brandon played drums in the band. It was a hard rock band. Brandon played drums in the band it was a hard rock band. Right Wrong
    • Use a semi-colon
    Craig accepted Lisa’s gift; it was nice. Craig accepted Lisa’s gift it was nice. Right Wrong
    • Use a comma and a coordinating conjuction ( and, but, or, for, yet, nor , or so) :
    It was snowing , but we forgot to bring our coats. It was snowing we forgot to bring our coats. Right Wrong
    • Use a comma and a subordinating conjunction (after, although, before, unless, as, because, even though, if, since, until, when, while, etc.)
    Though Jessica and Waylon like pizza , Allison doesn’t. Jessica and Waylon like pizza Allison doesn’t. Right Wrong
    • Use a semi-colon and a transition (however, moreover, on the other hand, nevertheless, instead, also, consquently, otherwise, as a result, etc.)
    I thought the colors would go together well ; however, I was mistaken. I thought the colors would go together well I was mistaken. Right Wrong
  25. Getting these things right isn’t hard. They have more to do with habits of carefulness than with any great knowledge of writing.
  26. Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity. St . Augustine
  27. We first make our habits, and then our habits make us. John Dryden
  28. Laziness grows on people; it begins in cobwebs and ends in iron chains. Thomas Buxton
  29. Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired . Mortimer Caplan

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