Online Eng100BC PartsOfSpeech ActivePassiveVerbs EndingPrepositions

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English 100 BC


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A dramatic ballad singer studied under a strict teacher

who insisted that he rehearse day after day, month

after month the same passage from the same song,

without being permitted to go any further. Finally,

overwhelmed by frustration and despair, the young

man ran off to find another profession. One night,

stopping at an inn, he stumbled upon a recitation

contest. Having nothing to lose, he entered the

competition and, of course, sang the one passage that

he knew so well. When he had finished, the sponsor of

the contest highly praised his performance. Despite

the student's embarrassed objections, the sponsor

refused to believe that he had just heard a beginner

perform. Tell me, the sponsor said, who is your

instructor? He must be a great master. The student

later became known as the great performer Koshiji.


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If a child says he wants to be a professional

basketball player, what must the child do?

If a student wants to be a good writer, what

must the student do?


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Noun

name of a person, place, thing, or concept

A Noun is a Person Place or Thing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0m89e9oZko

Pronoun

word used in place of a noun

Rufus Xaviar Sarsasparilla

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVSr4bsVIpM

Verb

usually expresses action or being

Verb Thats Whats Happening

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1. The mathematician John Allen Paulos claims

that too many Americans do not understand

basic mathematical ideas.

verb

2. Paulos calls this lack of understanding

innumeracy.

noun

3. Innumerates may not grasp the idea of

probability.

verb


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4. Failing to understand the likelihood of an

event may cause poor judgment.

noun

5. Unreasonable fears for example, of being

killed in a terrorist attack

may paralyze

citizens who dont appreciate how unlikely

such an event is.

Pronoun

6. A related misunderstanding is the failure to

realize how common coincidences are.

verb


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7. For instance, the chance of two strangers on

an airplane having acquaintances in common

is surprisingly high.

noun

8. In addition, probability shows that in any

random group of twenty-three people, there

is a 50 percent chance that two of them share

a birthday.

pronoun


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9. People unfamiliar with rules of probability

may be dangerously gullible.

verb

10. Educational reforms and a systematic

attempt to show the fun side of math could

help Americans overcome their number

resistance.

Noun


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Use the active voice unless you have a good

reason for choosing the passive.

In active, the subject does the action

In passive, the subject receives the action

Mostly scientific writing

The settlers stripped the land of timber.

The land was stripped of timber by the

settlers.


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Replace beverbs that result in dull or wordy

sentences

As a rule, choose a subject that names the

person or thing doing the action.


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1. Big crowds are drawn to annual Fashion

Week events in American and European

cities.

Annual Fashion Week events in American

And European cities draw big crowds.

2. Shows by new and established designers

are attended by photographers, journalists,

models, and celebrities.

Photographers, journalists, models, and

celebrities attend shows by new and

established designers.


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3. Many people in the audience have model-

thin bodies and photogenic faces.

Many people in the audience show off their

model-thin bodies and photogenic faces.

4. Often haute coutureshows with their

expensive, trend-setting fashions are the

highlight of the event.

Often, haute coutureshows with their

expensive, trend-setting fashions entice the

largest numbers of eager spectators.


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5. Haute couturegarments are not expected

to be worn by ordinary people.

Designers do not expect ordinary people to

wear

haute couture

garments.

6. Haute couturecreations are frequently

more like works of art than mere outfits.

Designers frequently consider their haute

couturecreations as works of art rather than

mere outfits.


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7. Such clothing can be worn in public only by

runway models.

Only runway models can wear such clothing

in public.

8. Other people seem ridiculous in haute

couture

clothes.

Other people attract ridicule in haute couture

clothes.


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9. Clothes can be draped more easily on

models who have very thin bodies.

Dressers can drape clothes more easily on

models who have very thin bodies.

10. Some people are more impressed by the

spectacle than by the clothes.

The spectacle impresses some people more

than the clothes.


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Adjective

modifies a noun or pronoun

usually answers questions such as

Which one? What kind? How many?

Articles a an and thealso adjectives

Unpack Your Adjectives

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmRBRnyfjFwAdverb

modifies a verb , an adjective, or an adverb

usually answers questions such as

When? Where? Why? How? Under what conditions?

To what degree?

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1. How well do American students compare

with those in other industrialized nations?

adverb

2. A student who receives the best education

the United States offers is likely to be very

prepared.

adjective

3. However, many students, especially those in

poorer neighborhoods, get substandard

training.

adjective


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4. Education professionals agree that the US

educational system has problems.

adjective

5. Unfortunately, they cannot agree on what to

do to solve this problem.

adverb

6. One proposed solution involves nationwide

standards.

adjective


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7. With nationwide standards, students across

the country would be responsible for learning

the same curriculum as all other students in

the United States.

adjective

8. Students could prove they had met the

standards by performing satisfactorily on a

standardized test.

adverb


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9. Supporters of this method claim that

standards would force students to master

knowledge before being promoted or

graduating.

adjective

10. Some opponents argue that students learn

more easily when teachers are able to use

their own judgment about the curriculum.

adverb


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Preposition

indicates the relationship between the noun or

pronoun that follows it and another word in

the sentence

Busy Prepositions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmz8mM-nPtM

Conjunction

connects words or word groups

Conjunction Junction

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1. For about the last twenty years, physicists

have been analyzing chaos.

preposition

2. In spite of common perceptions, chaos may

not be completely random.

preposition


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3. The operations of some incompletely

understood biological systems brains, for

example may thrive in the gray area

between order and chaos.

preposition

4. Some physicists believe that apparently

chaotic behavior may actually act according to

patterns.

preposition


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5. If chaos is somehow systematic, it is

nevertheless tremendously complex.

preposition

6. Finding the patterns of chaotic behavior is

sometimes possible, although identifying

them is difficult.

preposition


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7. One difficulty lies in determining the type of

model appropriate for a given complex

system.

preposition

8. Understanding these complex systems not

only is interesting in theory, but also has

potential practical uses.

conjunction


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9. One group of physicists has tried to

understand the abstractions of chaos theory

and make concrete gains from their

knowledge.

conjunction

10. As part of an attempt to predict its future

behavior, they are studying the complex and

chaotic system known as the stock market.

preposition


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Can you end a sentence with a preposition?

Where are you at?

Where are you?

She displayed the good humor shes known

for.

She displayed the good humor for which she

is known.

I want to know where he came from.

I want to know from where he came.


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She is a person I cannot cope with.

She is a person with whom I cannot

cope.

If the restructured sentence sounds contrived

and unnatural, simply rewrite the sentence:

It is behavior I will not put up with.

It is behavior up with which I will not

put.

It is behavior I will not tolerate.


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The source uses a variety of

people to show what happiness

is.

This is how people are.

Never end in a be verb


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Sample essay

Read Preface pages 1 46 (How to Read an

Essay, How to Write an Essay, How to Revise

an Essay)

Read definitions of point of view (pg. 583),

agreement (pg. 577) and pronouns (pg. 583)


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