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Efficient English
HOMEWORK REVIEWVerb Identification Revising Sentences
Adjective PunctuationLecture 4
Error of the Day!
A little fun while raising awareness of mistakes and nonsense statements in
writing.
They are all around us.
Seminar Titles
Recent Advancements in the Ullmann Reaction
Tunneling by Hydrogen and by Carbon in Organic Reactions – Calculations Tell
Experimentalists Where to Look and What to Look For
Seminar Titles
Recent Advances in the Ullmann Reaction
Tunneling by Hydrogen and by Carbon in Organic Reactions – Calculations Tell
Experimentalists Where to Look and What to Look For
Seminar Titles
Recent Advances in the Ullmann Reaction
Tunneling by Hydrogen and by Carbon in Organic Reactions – Calculations Tell
Experimenters Where to Look and What to Look For
Due today
Turn in – your paragraph describing your “Ideal Lab”– your two-sentence summaries of the text
reading
Assignment for 4/11 (46-47)
Revise the first five sentences in Sentence Revisions (pages 46 - 47 of manual). Make a copy and turn them in at the beginning of the class on Wednesday.
Verb Identification
Active, Passive, Linking
1. We stayed at the pilot plant throughout the test.
Active, Passive, Linking
1. We stayed at the pilot plant throughout the test.
Active, Passive, Linking
2. The director grew impatient when the salesman continued talking
Active, Passive, Linking
2. The director grew impatient when the salesman continued talking
Active, Passive, Linking
3. The reservoir remained empty even after the drought had been broken by a rain storm.
Active, Passive, Linking
3. The reservoir remained empty even after the drought had been broken by a rain storm.
Active, Passive, Linking
4. The cold fusion announcement seemed too good to be true.
Active, Passive, Linking
4. The cold fusion announcement seemed too good to be true.
Active, Passive, Linking
5. Following in the family tradition, he became a chemist.
Active, Passive, Linking
5. Following in the family tradition, he became a chemist.
or
Following in the family tradition, he became a chemist.
Active, Passive, Linking
6. The synthesis looked easy to reproduce.
Active, Passive, Linking
6. The synthesis looked easy to reproduce.
Active, Passive, Linking
7. Strychnine tastes bitter; cyanide tastes sweet.
Active, Passive, Linking
7. Strychnine tastes bitter; cyanide tastes sweet.
Active, Passive, Linking
8. The crystals appeared in the flask overnight.
Active, Passive, Linking
8. The crystals appeared in the flask overnight.
Active, Passive, Linking
9. The secretary turned quickly when someone entered the room behind her.
Active, Passive, Linking
9. The secretary turned quickly when someone entered the room behind her.
Active, Passive, Linking
10. After being in the lab, I felt light-headed.
Active, Passive, Linking
10. After being in the lab, I felt light-headed.
Active, Passive, Linking
11. You are being irrational about this issue.
Active, Passive, Linking
11. You are being irrational about this issue.
Active, Passive, Linking
12. When I turned the page in her notebook, it was blank.
Active, Passive, Linking
12. When I turned the page in her notebook, it was blank.
Active, Passive, Linking
13. A trace of cyanide will kill bacteria, which grow well in citrate buffers.
Active, Passive, Linking
14. I tasted a hint of basil in the soup we were served.
Active, Passive, Linking
15. The new library should have been painted gray.
Active, Passive, Linking
15. The new library should have been painted gray.
Active, Passive, Linking
16. Maple leaves turn a vibrant shade of red in the fall.
Active, Passive, Linking
16. Maple leaves turn a vibrant shade of red in the fall.
or
Maple leaves turn a vibrant shade of red in the fall.
Active, Passive, Linking
17. When the child said he felt ill, the mother felt his forehead.
Active, Passive, Linking
17. When the child said he felt ill, the mother felt his forehead.
Active, Passive, Linking
18. The compound stayed solid even though it had been heated to 300oC.
Active, Passive, Linking
18. The compound stayed solid even though it had been heated to 300oC.
Active, Passive, Linking
19. I listened in awe; the proposed budget sounded phenomenal.
Active, Passive, Linking
19. I listened in awe; the proposed budget sounded phenomenal.
Active, Passive, Linking
20. A new secretary would have been hired today, if the budget had remained intact.
Active, Passive, Linking
20. A new secretary would have been hired today, if the budget had remained intact.
Active, Passive, Linking
21. The softening of the crystal is believed to result from impurities.
Active, Passive, Linking
21. The softening of the crystal is believed to result from impurities.
Active, Passive, Linking
22. The visitor was putting on his safety glasses when the project leader entered the lab.
Active, Passive, Linking
22. The visitor was putting on his safety glasses when the project leader entered the lab.
Active, Passive, Linking
23. The data indicate that more field tests should be done.
Active, Passive, Linking
23. The data indicate that more field tests should be done.
Active, Passive, Linking
24. How long will the experiment take?
Active, Passive, Linking
24. How long will the experiment take?
Active, Passive, Linking
25. I am going to be on vacation for three weeks.
Active, Passive, Linking
25. I am going to be on vacation for three weeks.
(I will be on vacation for three weeks.)
Revising Sentences to Spartan Style
All the hydrogen meters were found to be accurate. (9 words, 1 preposition/verb)
All the hydrogen meters measure accurately. (6 words, 0 prepositions/verb)
We calibrated all the hydrogen meters. (6, 0)
The test is required to monitor variations in reaction conditions. (10, 2)
The required test monitors variations in …..(Be specific here) (6, 1)
The required test monitors reaction conditions. (6, 0)
Many reactions are known for converting methanol to basic chemicals and fine chemicals. (13, 2)
Many reactions convert methanol to basic and fine chemicals (9, 1)
Studies show that spatial skills are missing from most students. (10, 0.5)
Most students lack spatial skills. (5, 0)
Reported is the number of film contact inches to support the bottom film wrapped card?
(15, 2)
Reports give the inches of film contact necessary to support the bottom film-wrapped card. (14, 2)
[Table/figure…] reports the number of film-contact-inches required to support the bottom card. (14,2)
The response frequencies for statements specific to either the trial or the control group were summarized and [were] reviewed for obvious patterns (Table 3).
(23 words, 1.5 prepositions/verb)
Table 3 summarizes the trial-group and control-group responses. We reviewed the data for obvious patterns. (15, 0.5)
Table 3 summarizes and depicts patterns in the statements specific to the trial or control group. (16, 1)
When a transition metal is approached by a set of ligands, there is a large electrostatic attraction and
the energy of the system is lowered, so that the complex is stable. (31, 0.5)
The electrostatic attraction between a transition metal and ligands stabilizes the complex that forms by lowering its energy. (18,2)
A set of ligands approaching a transition metal initiates a large electrostatic attraction, lowers the system energy, and thus, stabilizes the complex. (22, 0.33)
Adjective Punctuation
Compound Nouns
two words hyphenated word
one word
data base data-base database
car dealer car-dealer cardealer ?
hot plate
Webster
hot-plate ? hotplate
Oxford
by-product byproduct
Adjective Punctuation
high cost research
high-cost research
pilot plant product
pilot-plant product (chemist, chemical engineer)
pilot plant-product (biology, biotech)
Adjective Punctuation
the barium carbonate doped catalyst
BaCO3-doped catalyst
the new glass lined reactor
the new, glass-lined reactor
the new glass-lined reactor
Adjective Punctuation
a highly regarded experimental scientist
a new high tensile strength polystyrene butadiene block polymer
a new, high-tensile-strength, polystyrene-butadiene block polymer
a new high-tensile-strength polystyrene-butadiene block polymer
Adjective Punctuation
a low surface area gold alumina catalyst
a low-surface-area gold-alumina catalyst
the by-product forming terminal step in the process
the by-product-forming terminal step in the process
Adjective Punctuation
the easily accessible intermediate
the polymer derived hydrogenation catalyst
the polymer-derived hydrogenation catalyst
Controlling Meaning - 1
• little used car dealer little used car-dealer
a small busy person who sells cars
• little, used car dealer little, used car-dealer
a small and busy person who sells cars
(comma is confusing and extraneous, unless reversing order emphasizes you
have coordinate adjectives )• used, little car dealer
Controlling Meaning-2
• little used, car dealer little used, car-dealer
business is bad for person selling cars
(Comma is extraneous with compound noun)
• little-used car dealer little-used car-dealer
business is bad for person selling cars
Controlling Meaning - 3
• little-used, car dealer
business is bad for people who sell cars
• little used-car dealer little used-car-dealer
small person who sells pre-owned cars
Controlling Meaning - 4
• little, used-car dealer
small person who sells pre-owned cars
• little-used-car dealer
person sells low mileage, previously owned cars
Adjectives, Predicate Adjectives, and Adverbs
An ideal lab is equipped well. (passive)
An ideal lab is well-equipped. (linking)
A well-equipped lab facilitates efficient research. (active, specific word choice defines what the
author means by “ideal”)
Writing Assignment
Write a 200-word description of an ideal lab. Use only active-voice verbs.
due Sunday evening
submit electronically [email protected]
or
