To my fellow Bloggingtonians,
Grammar matters. And spelling. And punctuation. And sentence structure. And...let me try this again.
Grammar, spelling, punctuation, and sentence structure matter. Nailed it.
The grammar exam is coming up and I reckon I'll do just fine. (compound-sentence structure)
If I go crazy, that's another story. I'm pretty paranoid about my writing now. So many rules to memorize... It can't be healthy. Some of em' stick wit' me: farther is distance, further is degree; whom is the object and receives action, who is a subject (I just remember that you use whom in place of him, her, me, they, etc. and you use who in place of he, she, I, them); I choke on the affect/effect scenario; and a lot of other rules.
Yeah, life goes on. I suppose it's good practice. I feel like it probably would have been better to learn all of this years ago. But, as President Uchtdorf pointed out not too long ago, according to an old proverb, "The best time to plant a tree is twenty years. The second-best time is now." Guess I'll settle for second best.
I learned that "Only know you love her when you let her go," is very different from "You know only you love her when you let her go," or "You know you only love her when you let her go," etc,
And--get this--"swum" is a word. Yep, it's real. Get used to it.
So, by having learned so very much, I'd have to say the greatest lesson I learned was that I have so much more to learn. And that's what I'll do. I'll study, practice, guess, check(transitive verb, by the way), ask(regular verb, by the way) for help, and then school that test.
Yep, that's my simple plan.
Alex Nielson, over and out.
Friday, January 31, 2014
Thursday, January 23, 2014
The Wizard of de Blog
To Who(m)ever:
Another weak, another blog.
Oops, spelling is my weekness.
Haha, just Drake & Joshing.
Okay, but seriously, this week was fairly eventful as far as M COM goes. Team KAKI met in the library and we made our charter. The team is really coming together. I reckon we're a pretty responsible team with a good work ethic.
There are plenty of grammatical rules we're expected to become familiar with. I think I'm getting the hang of most of them. 10 percent luck. October 30. Two princes. The liar will lie down. I will lay down the law. Not "Donkey Kong was cool" but "Donkey Kong is cool." Here's an example of a subjunctive sentence: "If she weren't such a jerk, I would totally marry her." Here's an indicative one: "I would catch a grenade for you." Oh fine, here's an imperative one too: "Don't stand so close to me."
Shyeah, those are some examples of an ample amount of rules.
Professor Middleton recommends we get a Linked In account. Maybe I should.
There were some group presentations. They were swell. Apparently our team was saying "uhh" a lot. I wonder if that was me.
So, I think I'm learning to be more aware of what's going on around me. That's good news which you won't find in the NY Times.
Uhh, yeah. That's what I got. My New Week's Resolutions are to reluctantly "link in", attend at least one grammar study session, and school that pre-test.
Feel free to correct my grammar.
Keep it concise...unless you feel the urge to drag on....like a dragon. Smaug talks too much.
Keep it outta' cite.
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. (Hey, that's another imperative sentence.)
-Alex, the Great and Powerful
Another weak, another blog.
Oops, spelling is my weekness.
Haha, just Drake & Joshing.
Okay, but seriously, this week was fairly eventful as far as M COM goes. Team KAKI met in the library and we made our charter. The team is really coming together. I reckon we're a pretty responsible team with a good work ethic.
There are plenty of grammatical rules we're expected to become familiar with. I think I'm getting the hang of most of them. 10 percent luck. October 30. Two princes. The liar will lie down. I will lay down the law. Not "Donkey Kong was cool" but "Donkey Kong is cool." Here's an example of a subjunctive sentence: "If she weren't such a jerk, I would totally marry her." Here's an indicative one: "I would catch a grenade for you." Oh fine, here's an imperative one too: "Don't stand so close to me."
Shyeah, those are some examples of an ample amount of rules.
Professor Middleton recommends we get a Linked In account. Maybe I should.
There were some group presentations. They were swell. Apparently our team was saying "uhh" a lot. I wonder if that was me.
So, I think I'm learning to be more aware of what's going on around me. That's good news which you won't find in the NY Times.
Uhh, yeah. That's what I got. My New Week's Resolutions are to reluctantly "link in", attend at least one grammar study session, and school that pre-test.
Feel free to correct my grammar.
Keep it concise...unless you feel the urge to drag on....like a dragon. Smaug talks too much.
Keep it outta' cite.
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. (Hey, that's another imperative sentence.)
-Alex, the Great and Powerful
Thursday, January 16, 2014
De Blog Strikes Back
Well, zippity-doo-da. I used some hyphens there, but probably incorrectly.
This week we learned a lot about grammar and punctuation. It is tricky business. Grammar Nazis are out there and make for a good college humor video. Anyway, there are so many rules. We're doing Chicago style, so that ought to be remembered. There are some real differences between the styles. The one that sticks out to me is that in a list, you still use a comma before the "and."
For example, "I eat salads, bananas, and hamburgers." I assume the rule holds true for other conjunctions like "I'm not a world renowned musician, athlete, or actor."
I've got to do a lot of writing this semester (and probably for the rest of my life), so it's good to get some practice on these rules. I'm going to keep practicing. All the small things add up. That should probably be, "All of the small things..." Hm.
Outside of grammar rules, we also formed some groups. I'm a proud member of team KAKI. The logo is still in development. We've formed and I hope we can perform before too long.
We learned some rules of etiquette. If you've got a variety of spoons and forks, use the outside ones first. Another helpful etiquette trick is that "left" is four letters like "fork" and "right" is five letters like "spoon" and "knife." So, next time I go to a fancy restaurant, I'm going to use my utensils like a pro. They may be the difference between me getting an awesome job or not.
Also, fellow classmates recommend that I network if I want to get my sweet ideas and cartoons onto a bigger stage. So, I'm going to try to get better at networking. Yeah, I'm going to work that net.
Yep, that was how things went down. Here's to hoping that the stuff I learn sticks with me. Don't be rubber; be glue!
May the force be with you all.
This week we learned a lot about grammar and punctuation. It is tricky business. Grammar Nazis are out there and make for a good college humor video. Anyway, there are so many rules. We're doing Chicago style, so that ought to be remembered. There are some real differences between the styles. The one that sticks out to me is that in a list, you still use a comma before the "and."
For example, "I eat salads, bananas, and hamburgers." I assume the rule holds true for other conjunctions like "I'm not a world renowned musician, athlete, or actor."
I've got to do a lot of writing this semester (and probably for the rest of my life), so it's good to get some practice on these rules. I'm going to keep practicing. All the small things add up. That should probably be, "All of the small things..." Hm.
Outside of grammar rules, we also formed some groups. I'm a proud member of team KAKI. The logo is still in development. We've formed and I hope we can perform before too long.
We learned some rules of etiquette. If you've got a variety of spoons and forks, use the outside ones first. Another helpful etiquette trick is that "left" is four letters like "fork" and "right" is five letters like "spoon" and "knife." So, next time I go to a fancy restaurant, I'm going to use my utensils like a pro. They may be the difference between me getting an awesome job or not.
Also, fellow classmates recommend that I network if I want to get my sweet ideas and cartoons onto a bigger stage. So, I'm going to try to get better at networking. Yeah, I'm going to work that net.
Yep, that was how things went down. Here's to hoping that the stuff I learn sticks with me. Don't be rubber; be glue!
May the force be with you all.
Friday, January 10, 2014
I fought de Blog and de Blog won.
I've never done anything quite like this. So, bear with me if it seems like I don't know what I'm doing. Expect a little trial and error. Don't be shocked if I hit and miss. As Aerosmith put it, you've got to lose to know how to win. So, here it goes.
This week has been an eventful one. First week back to school. Ahh snap. Among the many events that have happened thus far is I had my first day of class in M COM. I was a little nervous because I'd been studying for a quiz we were scheduled to have on sentence structure. I learned something in my reading that had never occurred to me before. I learned the difference between a phrase and a clause.
Get this. A phrase doesn't have both a subject and verb. So, for example, "After the rap battle" or "Before the beginning."
However, a clause DOES have both a subject and verb. Like, "Kel likes orange soda" or "Do you have to let it linger?"
Then, there's different types of phrases and clauses. It all gets kind of blurry in my head from there but those are the basics.
So, pretty much, when someone gets up in my grill telling me that a clause I wrote is ghetto, I'll know they're not talking about a phrase I wrote. I can totally differentiate them. Ain't no test gonna' fake me out. Consider it learned.
Well, that's what I got. Not sure how to close this (or how I should have opened it). I don't quite feel like this is a journal. Maybe a record. Or an epistle. Yeah, that works.
I close my epistle.
This week has been an eventful one. First week back to school. Ahh snap. Among the many events that have happened thus far is I had my first day of class in M COM. I was a little nervous because I'd been studying for a quiz we were scheduled to have on sentence structure. I learned something in my reading that had never occurred to me before. I learned the difference between a phrase and a clause.
Get this. A phrase doesn't have both a subject and verb. So, for example, "After the rap battle" or "Before the beginning."
However, a clause DOES have both a subject and verb. Like, "Kel likes orange soda" or "Do you have to let it linger?"
Then, there's different types of phrases and clauses. It all gets kind of blurry in my head from there but those are the basics.
So, pretty much, when someone gets up in my grill telling me that a clause I wrote is ghetto, I'll know they're not talking about a phrase I wrote. I can totally differentiate them. Ain't no test gonna' fake me out. Consider it learned.
Well, that's what I got. Not sure how to close this (or how I should have opened it). I don't quite feel like this is a journal. Maybe a record. Or an epistle. Yeah, that works.
I close my epistle.
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