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Throwing Lesson

Jan 12, 2016

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Last night at the community center, I was trying to throw a coffee mug, surrounded by old women of various vintages, planted in front of spinning wheels, quietly, purposefully coaxing their clay, pulling it up into graceful towers, bending it to their will, creating art, as opposed to what I was doing to my clay,…

10 ways of modifying the base clause

Dec 31, 2015

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10 ways of modifying the base clause. BC = base clause BC = The woman closed the door, BC + verbal (ing): closing it with a bang. BC + adverb: grinning crazily. BC + article: a door made of oak. a woman dressed in white. BC + article plus adjective plus BC Noun. the ominous woman.…

to do

Dec 31, 2015

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get that article about atheism and proving negatives in philosophy now, from months ago put in your article on philosophy now add notes about the 10 modifications of the base clause start “book review” category with book review of Zeno’s Conscience.

Definition Pique

Dec 18, 2015

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piquepēk/ noun 1. a feeling of irritation or resentment resulting from a slight, especially to one’s pride. “he left in a fit of pique” synonyms: irritation, annoyance, resentment, anger, displeasure, indignation, petulance, ill humor, vexation, exasperation, disgruntlement, discontent; More verb 1. stimulate (interest or curiosity). “you have piqued my curiosity about the man” synonyms: stimulate,…

Split Infinitive

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An infinitive is the “to + verb” (to laugh, to write). You are not supposed to split the “to” from the verb. For example (to really laugh) is wrong.

Pronoun Cases

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Nominative Case: (I, you, he, she, it, we, they, who, whoever) Objective Case: (me, him, her, us, them, whom, whomever) The pronoun that follows copulative verbs must be in the nominative case. Object pronouns cannot come after copulative verbs.

Copulative Verbs

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Copulative verb: A giant equal sign. They express states of being — what is, will be, or was. (seemed, appears, remains, stays) Sensory verbs are copulative only if they act as an equal sign. E.g., “Ralph’s skin feels scratchy.” Feels is copulative. (feels, smells, looks, tastes) Copulative verbs connect the predicate nominative and the predicate adjective.…

Sentence Diagramming Notes

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DIAGRAMMING Copulative Verb: Direct Object: Gets straight line arising from baseline. You discover it by asking “what is …” followed by the past participle of the verb. E.g., “I know what I did.” You ask, “what is … known” Answer is “what I did” is a nominal clause standing for the direct object. Participles: write…

Eight Parts of Speech

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