Fragments and Run-ons

I want to share this link about fragments and run-ons. I actually made it as my basis when we had our assignment. It covers the basic of a sentence, fragments and run-ons. It can also help you find them. Hope it can help you.

http://writingcenter.unc.edu/resources/handouts-demos/citation/fragments-and-run-ons

Conditional Tense

Have you ever heard of conditional tense? This is verb tense that is used to indicate that an action or state of being is dependent on the occurrence of a condition. For example: 


Present conditional: If he had the money he would goPresent continuous conditional: He would be getting up now if he was in   Australia.Perfect conditional: She would have visited me if she had had time.Perfect continuous conditional: I would have been playing tennis if I hadn't broken my arm.


Conditional Tense are formed using the auxiliary verb would. 




Source: Spanish language
http://spanish.about.com/cs/verbs/g/conditonalgl.htm

Practice on Comma Splice and Run-On Sentences

Talking about run-on sentences, we learned how proper punctuation is important in sentence structure. They are also called fused sentences because two complete sentences are being fused together.

Comma Splice was also introduced to us. Commas aren't meant to join main clauses all by themselves; to force them into that role is to perpetrate a comma splice.

Last meeting, we have learned how to fix them in several ways. We discussed using semicolons and coordinating conjunctions. Here are exercises on the said topic for us to answer. So,let us give remedy to each run-on sentence and fix those with comma splice.



Avoiding Comma Splice
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/nova/nova4.htm

Repairing Run-On Sentences
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/runons_quiz.htm


References:
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/comma-splice.aspx
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/run-on-sentences.aspx

Run-on Sentences

Since we have discussed about run-on sentences, I want to share something about run-on sentences. According to my source, run-on sentences are two complete sentences that are incorrectly combined and are sentences that lack signal words.


Here is a link that contains information about run-on sentences:
http://www.myenglishteacher.net/runonsentences.html

I hope you will also try to answer the quiz.

The Longest Words in the English Language

Are you looking for words with complicated spelling? 

Here are very long words for the difficult level of the spelling bee competition:

Honorificabilitudinitatibus

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Antidisestablishmentarianism

Floccinoccinihilipilification

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

If you want to know more, just click this link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUhQN-PGWDg

(Is the title of my blog grammatically correct? I think it isn't. A superlative adjective cannot describe a plural noun. On the second thought aren't there exemptions?)

Heart Shape

Have you ever wondered why the hearts is drawn or made like how it looks like today? Did you ever tried to search for it's true sense?

My Biology instructor during my high school days told us that the current shape of the heart is actually the shape of a kidney's horse. It's unbelievable at first, but I trust my teacher's credibility and knowledge.

Until now I don't know why we are used to drawing hearts the way we do. It's funny how a close-fist-shaped organ is drawn the way it is today. :)

TYPES of CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

I've been missing the class since Tuesday so I decide to surf the net to catch up in the lesson. I found N interesting type of adverbial clause known as conditional sentence. It is common, I know. However, it seems very handy for me because I use it almost every day. If I were you....., If only I...., etc. I always think of something that is impossible to happen or was possible to happen before but impossible now. I often use this when I've done something terrible. I think I can't end a day without murmuring a single type of conditional sentence.(>_<)  Bad habit of mine.


http://grammar.about.com/od/c/g/conditionalclauseterm.htm

Valentine's Day is one of the most special day of the year, specially for couples. Why is it called as a "romantic day"? Where did its celebration came from? To know more about Valentine's trivias, you can visit this site: http://www.romancestuck.com/holidays/valentine/valentines-day-trivia.htm


Reference:
Valentine's Day Facts & Trivia. (n.d.). Retrieved February 11, 2012 from the World Wide Web: http://www.romancestuck.com/holidays/valentine/valentines-day-trivia.htm

Comma Splices

Comma splices are one of the serious grammar errors in the sentence level. I assume that these are just like "comma in a wrong place," but I am wrong. A comma splice occurs in these ways:

* Two independent clauses are connected by just a comma without using coordinating conjunctions.
* Two sentences are combined and fused together in one sentence without using any punctuation.

By referring to the conditions of committing comma splices, I realized that I made a mistake in our assignment last time. ;(

Here's the link that you can visit:
http://www.gdn.edu/pdf/ssc/writingcenter/CommaSplices.pdf

A Look into the Past

Methinks that along with the evolution of life, comes the evolution of grammar. A look into the past would not hurt. I came across the short story, David Swan by Nathaniel Hawthorne, which was written during the nineteenth century. I realized how much grammar has changed since then. Read it!






http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/nhawthorne/bl-nhaw-davsw.htm

The Sentence Fragment and the Run-on Sentence

While doing my home work, I found a good reference for reviewing fragments and run-on sentences. I found this material quite helpful because it has plenty of exercises about our recent topic. I was so worried. I thought that I wouldn't be able to catch up with our last lesson because I missed the class. Thank you google! :)

www.iconlogic.com/pdf/abrams.pdf