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 Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 11:57 am
This is for all those people who can't seem to get grammar differences and such! So here we go! And please, feel free to add your own grammar lessons.
Their - is used when you are talking about someone's possession or something.
Ex: I saw them walk back to their car.
There - To talk about a place not in the immediate vicinity. Or a statement. ((See example for are.))
Ex: The cat is over there.
They're - To use when someone is doing something. An abbreviation of "they are"
Ex: They're outback kicking a soccer ball.
Are - To talk about something. ((Hard to explain!))
Ex: There are kittens everywhere!
Our - To talk about a collect group's possession.
Ex: That's our mom.
I'll be posting more lessons as I see fit.
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 1:45 pm
DYNAMIC ******** ENTRY!
Who is that dashing man bursting into the room?
Why, it's professor Shadow, here to offer his guidance as well!
Do I get to post lessons as well?
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 3:41 pm
Yes, you may post lessons. The point is for everyone to post their literacy lessons.
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 6:23 pm
Lesson One of Roxas's school of Literature:
Twilight isn't Literature!!!
Plurals
Fish-Fish, Fishes
Moose-Moose
Goose-Geese
Box-Boxes
Ox-Oxen
Woman-Women
Man-Men
Girl-Girls
Boy-Boys
((yes I know what you're thinking, We already know these things!!. You may, but I know 8th graders who still get this stuff wrong. And sorry about PWNING twilight to DEATH but I don't like it. Don't take it seriously if you like it, it was just a joke))
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Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 10:53 am
Maya's second lesson! I'm serious, someone did this in an rp once, and I'm pretty sure I almost died of anger.
Us- A plural of a group you are a part of.
Ex: Want to go to the movies with us?
Use- to employ for some purpose; put into service ((Dictionary.com))
Ex: Use that knife to stab the fish.
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Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 3:44 pm
Maya's third lesson!
Apostrophes and like sounding words! ((I think it's synonym, but I'm not sure.))
We'll- An abbreviation of "we will"
Ex: We'll go fold the pants.
Will- about or going to do something
Ex: I will kick your a** tomorrow.
Your- Possessive usage of something the individual owns.
Ex: Your eyes are the doorway to your soul.
You're- An abbreviation of "you are"
Ex: You're the stupidest person I've ever met.
I've- An abbreviation of "I have"
Ex: I've decided not to kill you.
It's- Abbreviation of "it is"
Ex: Baby it's cold outside.
Its- Possessive of something not living or unknown.
Ex: My car is messed up. I blew out its tire last night. ((I really did. SCARY))
I'm- Abbreviation of "I am"
Ex: I'm going to kick you in the face.
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Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 6:14 pm
You know, it's really sad that you have a thread like this, but it is pathetic that people con not spell...
I before E except after C
Some cases are "special"
Weird is an example.
Friend- soooo many people spell it freind
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Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 10:05 pm
an odd first post... but I saw this and immediately thought of one. Threw. This is a hard one to fully explain, simply because threw is used in a lot of different ways. Look it up online. The list is crazy...
I see the word Threw misused constantly... So here is a brief description that might help?
Through - the act of passing one point, then another.
as in "I went through the tunnel"
To be finished with something
as in "I am through with this game."
Threw - Just about any other time you may be looking to use the phonetic "throo"
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Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:48 pm
Who's- is a contraction of either 'who is' or 'who has'.
Ex: "Who's going to eat this?" and "Who's seen my car?"
Whose- is the possessive form of who.
Ex: "Whose half-cream, half-milk, non-fat soy defcaf latte is this?"
(I'm pretty sure I messed something up. So use that for your next lesson.)
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Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:23 pm
Past tense and present tense guys; I've seen it around, and even done it myself accidentally, but stick to one tense.
Present:
As he moves towards the window, he begins to notice the light that is shining through
Past:
As he moved towards the window, he began to notice the light that was shining through.
Also, just a small one; I've been corrected on spelling at times, just because of nationality difference. I don't mind; it's an easy to make mistake, but try to take into account the different spellings, or uses of literacy, especially between American English, and British English. ;D
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 1:19 pm
Sentences. Complex, Compound, Simple
Simple:A simple sentence, also called an independent clause, contains a subject and a verb, and it expresses a complete thought.
Simple sentence: They where walking on the beach.
Complex: A complex sentence has an independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses. A complex sentence always has a subordinator such as because, since, after, although, or when or a relative pronoun such as that, who, or which.
Complex sentence: They where walking on the beach when Sally stubbed her toe on a seashell.
Compund: A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinator. The coordinators are as follows: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. (Helpful hint: The first letter of each of the coordinators spells FANBOYS.) Except for very short sentences, coordinators are always preceded by a comma.
Compound sentence: They where walking on the beach, and the seagulls flew in circles above them.
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