CHELSI READ THIS!!!!

I was just letting you know that i didnt know your cssutton email so i sent my Writing Center things to your chelsilynderman email so its there. I talked to you about this in class but i hope you didnt forget it was a long class today. And just a reminder Swen Kyle and Kael couldnt get their video posts but you said it was ok. Well this year has been awesome keep teaching good your awesome.

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Extra Credit The Crucible

I recently went and saw the play performed at the college known as the Crucible. It was really good I have to admit I was questioning it after i saw that we sat on the stage. I was expecting it to be in the auditorium but we sat on the stage with the actors it was pretty small. But when it started it got really good. I cant believe the actors are able to remember all of those lines there are so many of them in this play. The play was really good about halfway through i got really into it. The church people were being so stupid i was ready to just like throw my shoe at them or run up and tell them how stupid they sound. Their logic on hanging witches was just stupid admit to it or die wow i wonder why people were lying and claiming they were doing it that is the dumbest thing i have ever heard. They call that justice wow and to say that they were murdering all those women because they were at fault to God well that is dead wrong. I bet during that time period God was just like wow you guys are really wrong on this i can just see him putting his hand over his eyes with his head down just thinking wow these guys have got my plan really wrong. It was good in the end but sad how he had to die but i was glad he didnt lie he stayed true to his point even if it meant death it was really cool. I liked the actors I thought they were all actually really good. All in all this play was really good. I was really glad that i decided to go it was fun.

Last Grammar Post Heck Ya

So since it is my last grammar post ever which is awesome i have to say sorry chelsi no offense but i dont really enjoy the grammar posts so it is nice to see them be done. Anyways since its the last one i figured i would do mine on the one thing i have never really understood and it has been taught to me since 5th grade. The hard thing i am speaking of is Adjectives and Adverbs maybe to all you they are easy but they have never been explained to me very good. Wehn searching i found this which helped me a lot: What is the Difference between Adjectives and Adverbs?
The Basic Rules: Adjectives
Adjectives modify nouns. To modify means to change in some way. For example:
"I ate a meal." Meal is a noun. We don't know what kind of meal; all we know is that someone ate a meal.
"I ate an enormous lunch." Lunch is a noun, and enormous is an adjective that modifies it. It tells us what kind of meal the person ate.
Adjectives usually answer one of a few different questions: "What kind?" or "Which?" or "How many?" For example:
"The tall girl is riding a new bike." Tall tells us which girl we're talking about. New tells us what kind of bike we're talking about.
"The tough professor gave us the final exam." Tough tells us what kind of professor we're talking about. Final tells us which exam we're talking about.
"Fifteen students passed the midterm exam; twelve students passed the final exam." Fifteen and twelve both tell us how many students; midterm and final both tell us which exam.
So, generally speaking, adjectives answer the following questions:
Which?
What kind of?
How many?
The Basic Rules: Adverbs
Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. (You can recognize adverbs easily because many of them are formed by adding -ly to an adjective, though that is not always the case.) The most common question that adverbs answer is how.
Let's look at verbs first.
"She sang beautifully." Beautifully is an adverb that modifies sang. It tells us how she sang.
"The cellist played carelessly." Carelessly is an adverb that modifies played. It tells us how the cellist played.
Adverbs also modify adjectives and other adverbs.
"That woman is extremely nice." Nice is an adjective that modifies the noun woman. Extremely is an adverb that modifies nice; it tells us how nice she is. How nice is she? She's extremely nice.
"It was a terribly hot afternoon." Hot is an adjective that modifies the noun afternoon. Terribly is an adverb that modifies the adjective hot. How hot is it? Terribly hot.
So, generally speaking, adverbs answer the question how. (They can also answer the questions when, where, and why.)
Some other rules:
Most of the time, adjectives come before nouns. However, they come after the nouns they modify, most often when the verb is a form of the following:
be
feel
taste
smell
sound
look
appear
seem
Some examples:
"The dog is black." Black is an adjective that modifies the noun dog, but it comes after the verb. (Remember that "is" is a form of the verb "be.")
"Brian seems sad." Sad is an adjective that modifies the noun Brian.
"The milk smells rotten." Rotten is an adjective that modifies the noun milk.
"The speaker sounds hoarse." Hoarse is an adjective that modifies the noun speaker.
Be sure to understand the differences between the following two examples:
"The dog smells carefully." Here, carefully describes how the dog is smelling. We imagine him sniffing very cautiously.
But:
"The dog smells clean." Here, clean describes the dog itself. It's not that he's smelling clean things or something; it's that he's had a bath and does not stink.
Ya so there it is my last post it helped me out a lot i understand it better it would have been nice to have that a long time ago. Yay grammar posts are done

America the Beautiful

A lot of times when people from other countries look on americans they sometimes claim that we are proud or think we are better than the rest of the world and a lot of the time this is what causes the rest of the world to not like us very much. I know personally a lot of times i have said that we are better than the rest of the world and thats why they hate us cause were just so much better, or that we are better and the rest of the world is just dumb they should bow down to us cause we are better than any of those other stupid countries. Ya those are exactly the thoughts that have caused our country to make enemies. We stand for truth and liberty but a lot of times we dont look at the very people who are robbing that away from us. Those thieves are us, we do not a lot of times value the rest of the world a lot of times we do tend to think we are better than them. We cannot run a country with this attitude we need to all become united enemies are no good no matter who they are eventually if your not watching out they will destroy us. And we need to start embracing what every culture can bring and become as one. We need to let go of our pride to make a better world a better future. It cant be done with attitudes like this and we should all be a little more humble. Its great to be proud to live here this is one of the greatest places to live but we cant be so prideful to demean everyone else.

grammar post 12

I was looking up some grammar things to write about and i can across verb tenses. I have never heard of what these were before so i chose to write about it. When i looked at it i realized i have used these all the time i just never realized it so ya it was cool to learn fun stuff. Passive Verb Tenses
Simple Present
Active:
Passive
The company ships the computers to many foreign countries.
Computers are shipped to many foreign countries
Present Progressive
Active:
Passive:
The chef is preparing the food.
The food is being prepared.
Simple Past
Active:
Passive:
The delivery man delivered the package yesterday.
The package was delivered yesterday.
Past Progressive
Active:
Passive:
The producer was making an announcement.
An announcement was being made.
Future
Active:
Passive:
Our representative will pick up the computer.
The computer will be picked up.
Present Perfect
Active:
Passive:
Someone has made the arrangements for us.
The arrangements have been made for us.
Past Perfect
Active:
Passive:
They had given us visas for three months.
They had been given visas for three months.
Future Perfect
Active:
Passive:
By next month we will have finished this job.
By next month this job will have been finished.
Modals
Active:
Passive:
You can use the computer.
The computer can be used.
Ya i hope those may be of some help to you. Learning is just so much fun.

grammar post 11

So over the past how ever many years of school i have been in school i never got really what a dangling motifier was so i found this and i hope that it can be a little helpful.
Definition:
A dangling modifier is a word or phrase that modifies a word not clearly stated in the sentence. A modifier describes, clarifies, or gives more detail about a concept.
Consider this sentence:
"Having finished" states an action but does not name the doer of that action. In English sentences, the doer must be the subject of the main clause that follows. In this sentence, it is Jill. She seems logically to be the one doing the action ("having finished"), and this sentence therefore does not have a dangling modifier.
Now consider this sentence:
Having finished is a participle expressing action, but the doer is not the TV set (the subject of the main clause): TV sets don't finish assignments. Since the doer of the action expressed in the participle has not been clearly stated, the participial phrase is said to be a dangling modifier.
Examples of dangling modifiers and revisions:
dangling modifier:
(The article--the subject of the main clause--did not read the original study.)
possible revisions:
-or-
The article remains unconvincing in light of the original study. (no modifying phrase)
dangling modifier:
(Your home--the subject of the main clause--is not relieved of your responsibilities.)
possible revision:
Characteristics of dangling modifiers:
They most frequently occur at the beginning of sentences (often as introductory clauses or phrases) but can also appear at the end.
dangling modifier at end of sentence:
(The experiment--the subject of the main clause--is not supposed to study the lab manual.)
possible revision:
They often have an -ing word (gerund) or a to+verb (infinitive) phrase near the start of the sentence.
Squinting modifiers:
Related to dangling modifiers, squinting modifiers occur when the word modified is not clear or could be more than one word. These problems can usually be solved by rearranging the elements already present in the sentence.
squinting modifier:
possible revisions:
Strategies for revising dangling modifiers:
1. Name the appropriate or logical doer of the action as the subject of the main clause:
dangling modifier:
Who arrived late? This sentence says that the written excuse arrived late. To revise, decide who actually arrived late.
possible revision:
The main clause now names the person (the captain) who did the action in the modifying phrase (arrived late).

2. Change the phrase that dangles into a complete introductory clause by naming the doer of the action in that clause:
dangling modifier:
Who didn't know his name? This sentence says that "it" didn't know his name. To revise, decide who was trying to introduce him.
possible revision:
Because Maria did not know his name, it was difficult to introduce him.
The phrase is now a complete introductory clause; it does not modify any other part of the sentence, so is not considered "dangling."

3. Combine the phrase and main clause into one:
dangling modifier:
Who wanted to improve results? This sentence says that the experiment was trying to improve its own results. To revise, combine the phrase and the main clause into one sentence.
possible revision:
He improved his results by doing the experiment again.
Ya so hopefully by reading this you could understand it.