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The Writing Centre Nancy Marenick
The Writing Centre Nancy Marenick
What My Gramar Didn’t Teach Me
What My Gramar Didn’t Teach Me
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We Learn …We Learn …
10% of what we read20% of what we hear30% of what we see50% of what we see and hear70% of what we discuss80% of what we experience95% of what we teach others.
William Glasser
Communication Skills are Crucial Communication Skills are Crucial
Students must have the ability:
To solve problems
To examine ideas carefully and support them with evidence
To incorporate and synthesize information
(Sully,1995, Malaspina University-College’s Writing-Across-the-Curriculum Project) http://www.mala.bc.ca/www/wac/proj.htm
One can write….. only as well as one reads.
One can write….. only as well as one reads.
Kurland (2002) Reading and Writing Ideas As Well As Words www.criticalreading.com
SyntaxisSyntaxis
http://www.syntaxis.com/index.php/grammar_quiz/
ResourcesResources
The Writer’s Toolkit:
http://thewriterstoolkit.com/
Guide to Grammar and Writing:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
What’s the difference?What’s the difference?
Time flies like an arrow
Fruit flies like an orange
Sentences are complete thoughts.Sentences are complete thoughts.
Time flies like an arrow.
Complete thought -independent clause (subject verb other words)
Fruit flies like an orange
Not a complete thought - no verb
You Tube ClipsYou Tube Clips
Coordinating Conjunctions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlPnBBoca7s
Commas:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua197s8d2TA&playnext=1&list=PLA168DC33D4297BD2
Language Tools and ReferencesLanguage Tools and References
Visual Thesaurus:
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/
Pocket Basics:
http://www.pocketbasics.com/Downloads.aspx
Dictionary Resources:
http://dictionary.reference.com/
Manuela is Ramon’s lifeline, he doesn't appreciate all she does for him.
Common ErrorCommon Error
__________________ . _________________
__________________ , and ______________
__________________ ; _________________
__________________ ; however, _________
Complete sentence Complete sentence
_ . _ . _ . _ ._ . _ , _________________Dependent clause independent clause
Manuela is . . . . He doesn't . . ..
Manuela is. . . , but he doesn't . . . .
Manuela is . . . ; he doesn't . . ..
Manuela is . . . ; however, he doesn't . . ..
Although Manuela is . . . , he doesn't . . ..
SolutionsSolutions
Affect/EffectAffect/Effect
Affect = Action = Verb
The researchers’ results affected later studies.
Effect = Result = Noun
The effect of the drums added suspense.
Then/ThanThen/Than
He ran faster th_n his friend.
He ran faster than his friend.
Th_n she went to the store.
Then she went to the store.
comparison
sequence
Its/It’s (it is)Its/It’s (it is)
___ your turn to present your proposal.
It’s your turn to present your proposal.
The dog wagged _____ tail.
The dog wagged its tail.
contraction
possessive
There/Their/They’reThere/Their/They’re
There is. . . Expletive construction and not the subject of the sentence
Put it there. In that place
They argued their case.
Possessive, belongs to
They’re going… Contraction for they are.
Solution: no contractions in academic writing.
Misplaced ModifiersMisplaced Modifiers
The professor posted the notes for the students covered in class.
Barbara’s husband walked the dog, who had worked until 8 p.m.
Yesterday I found a five-dollar bill walking behind the school.
I shot a bear in my pajamas.
Grammar and New York TimesGrammar and New York Times
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/04/5-easy-ways-to-learn-grammar-with-the-new-york-times/
http://escherdax.wordpress.com/tag/grammar/
Vigorous writing is concise. Vigorous writing is concise.
William Strunk’s
Elements of Style
William Strunk’s
Elements of Style
http://www.bartleby.com/141/
Punctuating ProperlyPunctuating Properly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm2OzAX86JU
Quick AccessQuick Access
http://shopping.sympatico.msn.ca/prices/quick-access-reference-for-writers-third-canadian-edition/itemid19598759/?itemtext=itemname:quick-access-reference-for-writers-third-canadian-edition
ISBN: 0132384213
The Grammar LadyThe Grammar Lady
http://www.aacton.gladbrook.iowapages.org/id3.html
Helpful LInksHelpful LInks
http://www.chompchomp.com/
http://english-zone.com/index.php?ID=1
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/parts.htm
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/editing.html
http://www.teachmeteamwork.com/