FLAMMABLE

Back in high school, I was in the car with my brother and my mom and we passed by a gas station. I read aloud the words written on a signage, one that is like the image on top, and I said aloud, "FLAME-able area, no smoking within 50 ft."

My brother gave me an "are -you-serious?" look and said, "it's FLAM-able, not FLAME-able". From that day on, I never forgot how to pronounce Flammable correctly and when someone mispronounces it, I do my best to correct them in the nicest way possible.

Check out other common mispronounced words and phrases at http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/mispronounced_words.html .

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. :)