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Patricia T, O’Conner writes about the use of will and would. She tries to interpret what Emeril said. “One day, Emeril said he will make creole flapjacks for breakfast. Another day he said he would make creole for breakfast.” I wonder  why the first sentence is wrong even though it sounds good and makes sense. […]

The author of Woe is I Jr., Patricia T O’Conner write about grammarphobe, she states that “it is somebody who has phobia, or fear, about grammar.” People sometime have fear about grammar because they do not know all of the grammar’ s rules; they are afraid of making mistakes because they do not want to […]

Freya and Finn were on a boat. The sun was rising, Freya felt so pleasant when she saw the sunlight because it’s been a while she has not seen the sunrise. She touched the cold water, with her finger, she felt like the water “[was] a strong wind, but thicker and heavier. As she turned […]

1         Freya was in deep think, the cat and she just walked; Freya “doesn’t know where to go”. While I was reading that quotation, I can make connection about how I had a bad day; I was walking without knowing where I was going. My mind was not working because it was busy about finding […]

Freya has a sister named Katherine; she is living with her.” Freya had never seen a cat before. she ‘d seen her sister’s drawings.” Based on the read of this quotation, I predict that Freya will like seeing cat with fear in her heart. Kat just left the house; Freya stays alone with the man […]

“While in jail, we found ourselves in much more comfortable quarters than we expected when went there. We did not get much to eat, nor that which was very good;…” Why did Douglass appreciate the room of the jail? Did he live in a nasty room while he was living with Mr. Freeland or Mr. […]

“It was for long time a matter of surprise to me why Mr. Covey did not immediately have me taken by the constable to the whipping-post, and there regularly whipped for the crime of raising my hands against a white man in defense of myself.” By reading this quotation, I imagine Douglass sitting alone in […]

“That hurts”… “Good. Pain is good. Better than the alternative.” This quotation is about Matt, the wounded of a war, who was questioned by his nurse soldier. Matt used these clauses to tell him that suffering from an intense pain rather good than to die. “I’ll order up some tests for language retrieval, cognitive functioning.” […]

“Grammar may be defined as a system of rules for the use of language, or as a study of what is preferred and what is to be avoided in effective speech and writing.” As I read this quotation, I can evaluate that grammar is an important mean of communication; as it says, it helps us […]

 “ …Same idea with un-and-non-words; the hard hitters in the writing dodge avoid them when a positive word is available.” As I was reading this statement, I see a writer writing with positing words available such as  non-smoker, I say sensible person or  I don’t forget this; I prefer saying I remember this. “Placement of […]