The Real-Grammar examples... probably wrote them incorrectly because they didn't know any better and just wanted the information out there.
WANTED
Experienced Sales Reps
50% commission
~put the sales in reps (OK that is a really bad one)
Park N' Jet
Closest to the airport
Cheaper than the airport
~just can't park on a jet (hahahaha)
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Possessives
homes' of my son's-in-law
rivers of Arkansas
house of Jim and Joan's
research of the Ph.D.'s
advertising of McGraw-Hill, Inc.
estimates of Fred the electrician
idea of anyone else's
deposition of the witnesses
the upper levels of the airport
The tree surgeon could not save the white spruce's limb
The user's manual for the new software package was so confusing that most consumers returned it to the company
Window's intuitive commands make it easy for users to move from one application to another
I will be in Hawaii on Mother's Day and in New Mexico on April Fool's Day and in California on Veterans Day
Grover Cleveland was the people's choice
Each participant filed out the Reader's Comment Form
Now that he has his Bachelor's Degree, he plans to his his Master's, and possibly his Doctorate
The National Secretaries Conference will be held in Houston this year
For appearance sake, the feuding vice presidents' kept their differences to themselves during the monthly staff meeting
My brother's-in-law idea was to have the family reunion at a spa
We have been invited to a holiday art at the Roth's
The telephone company's president's idea was to offer discount rates to seniors
rivers of Arkansas
house of Jim and Joan's
research of the Ph.D.'s
advertising of McGraw-Hill, Inc.
estimates of Fred the electrician
idea of anyone else's
deposition of the witnesses
the upper levels of the airport
The tree surgeon could not save the white spruce's limb
The user's manual for the new software package was so confusing that most consumers returned it to the company
Window's intuitive commands make it easy for users to move from one application to another
I will be in Hawaii on Mother's Day and in New Mexico on April Fool's Day and in California on Veterans Day
Grover Cleveland was the people's choice
Each participant filed out the Reader's Comment Form
Now that he has his Bachelor's Degree, he plans to his his Master's, and possibly his Doctorate
The National Secretaries Conference will be held in Houston this year
For appearance sake, the feuding vice presidents' kept their differences to themselves during the monthly staff meeting
My brother's-in-law idea was to have the family reunion at a spa
We have been invited to a holiday art at the Roth's
The telephone company's president's idea was to offer discount rates to seniors
The Craft of Research
Chapter 1
So the very beginning of the first chapter really caught my attention. The last half was stuff I already knew from experience like the writing to remember and writing to know. A small example of that is my To Do List. When I write the stuff I need to do, I remember to do it. And I remember remembering to do it. But anyway, the beginning of the chapter... so when they say that Williams has been to Australia, but the other authors haven't, but they know it exists because they've read about and seen maps of it. It just never occurred to me to think of research like that. Now I feel like we've earned the Internet and I'm glad it's here because we've been researching since the beginning and just glad that we can put it all in one place.
Chapter 2
Basically put yourself in the position as your reader. Such as how do they know already? Do I entertain them with a simple discussion and answer their questions? Or do I provide them with knew information and new outlook? Do they want a particular problem or question answered? So many questions so little time.
Chapter 3
In short, this chapter is about where to find inspiration on a topic. All of them sounded like fun. When I hear about something about animals I immediately go on YouTube to watch that animal or Google the animal to learn all I can. And like today, I wanted to be sure that World War I was started by the assassination of the Austrian minister or whatever. I was totally right. Then that ended up in me reading the rest of the Wikipedia page and then lead me to the World War II page and then to the United States of America page. I am way off topic now, but that's OK I think I'm done.
So the very beginning of the first chapter really caught my attention. The last half was stuff I already knew from experience like the writing to remember and writing to know. A small example of that is my To Do List. When I write the stuff I need to do, I remember to do it. And I remember remembering to do it. But anyway, the beginning of the chapter... so when they say that Williams has been to Australia, but the other authors haven't, but they know it exists because they've read about and seen maps of it. It just never occurred to me to think of research like that. Now I feel like we've earned the Internet and I'm glad it's here because we've been researching since the beginning and just glad that we can put it all in one place.
Chapter 2
Basically put yourself in the position as your reader. Such as how do they know already? Do I entertain them with a simple discussion and answer their questions? Or do I provide them with knew information and new outlook? Do they want a particular problem or question answered? So many questions so little time.
Chapter 3
In short, this chapter is about where to find inspiration on a topic. All of them sounded like fun. When I hear about something about animals I immediately go on YouTube to watch that animal or Google the animal to learn all I can. And like today, I wanted to be sure that World War I was started by the assassination of the Austrian minister or whatever. I was totally right. Then that ended up in me reading the rest of the Wikipedia page and then lead me to the World War II page and then to the United States of America page. I am way off topic now, but that's OK I think I'm done.
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