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Grammar 101...
A-RokzStalker:
LOL That's okay, I understand. :)
julilly:
--- Quote from: Purpura Lipstick on August 27, 2010, 09:40:04 PM ---I thought that's how it was but my grammar check on my computer was telling me when I used "then" in my sentence it was wrong, but I used it in the way it was supposed to according to your sentence below. Maybe I have it right in my head and the grammar check has issues, or maybe there was something else wrong ... hrm.
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Often times grammar check will pick up on something that is technically right if there is something else wrong in the sentence.
ForeverFrick:
--- Quote from: TheDistantHeart on August 26, 2010, 11:41:13 AM ---Oh btw, I know we didn't come to punctuation, but a few months ago or so I saw this Facebook group which cracked me up so much 'cause it's true!
It's something like this:
"Let's eat grandma!" - "Let's eat, grandma!". Punctuation saves lives.
I think others know this one too, but I think it's brilliant. :) I can't wait till we get to the punctuation part 'cause that's one I'd like to learn (and remember).
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Haha! Love that. It reminds me of an example my boss used to use in the Writing Center:
A Panda Bear walks into a bar. He eats, shoots, and leaves.
vs.
A Panda Bear walks into a bar. He eats shoots and leaves. :)
RokofAges75:
^ That's where the book "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Lynne Truss comes from. I have the original version, which I've never read all the way through, and also her children's books, which I read to my students.
yorkielover88:
ok... so what if the proper way to do like... a paragraph? Are you supposed to made a new one every time someone new begins to speak? or can a paragraph have more the one person talking? Also is there a right versus wrong way to end and begin paragraphs?
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