Comments on: Reading for Sept. 15 (Grammar)

By: Garrett

Garrett — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:35:06 +0000

Funny. But you were supposed to say what was wrong with it too.

By: Garrett

Garrett — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:33:50 +0000

You’re supposed to explain what is wrong.

You also corrected some things, but left lots of poor spelling and punctuation.

Better:
Last Sunday was my roommate‘s birthday. We ate too much junk food and drank too much alcohol for a week night. I woke up with the worst hangover, and had to work a full day. It was a pretty rough day.

By: Garrett

Garrett — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:28:49 +0000

You also (unintentionally) give a good example of a misplaced modifier.

The way it is worded now seems to indicate that “a word” was “growing up in the south” when you really meant that you grew up in the south.

By: Garrett

Garrett — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:27:22 +0000

ha ha. Though, this is not really grammar.

By: Garrett

Garrett — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:26:14 +0000

Being is for something in the present.

Been is for something in the past.

By: Garrett

Garrett — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:23:29 +0000

I do

By: Ethan

Ethan — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:22:12 +0000

awww man! i fergot to right sumthing four this grammer post befour class. better late than never i supposed. i wo’nt forget to send my peer revewe drafts before i go to bed for sure cuz i needs to do em or ben mite puch me in teh face.

By: Light M.

Light M. — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:47:47 +0000

Take a look at there house. It looks so small over their on that hill. One day i will take you’re house and make it my own. I just hope your not to mad about it.

I have thie biggest weakness of using the proper there’s and their and were’s and where’s etc… I do live chat tech support all day grammar is not a priority simply speed.

Take a look at their house. It looks so small over there on that hill. One day I will take your house and make it my own. I just hoep you’re not too mad about it.

By: ajbird

ajbird — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:47:55 +0000

Last sunday is my roomates birthday. We had ate many much junk food and drank to more much alcohol for tomorrow being a weekday. I wake up with the wost hangover and had to go work a full day. It was a pretty rough day.

Last sunday was my roomates birthday. We ate to much junk food, and drank to much alcohol for the next day being a weekday. I woke up with the worst hangover, and had to work a full day. It was a pretty rough day.

By: Nbeck

Nbeck — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:25:04 +0000

I lived in the south for two years and I heard many examples of bad grammar. One that comes to mind, that has a funny story is, “Where you stay at?” The correct way to ask that question would be, “where are you staying at”.