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mightymooseman
19.10.2021 15:17
Linkim listening
Its time for a grammar lesson!
(Yay)
Ive been going around to different WWYDs, and a lot of them have TONS of commas.
And I understand that some of you might not speak English, or are younger and haven't learned how to create good sentences.
BUT.
For some people, you have gotten enough education to know that sentences like this is not correct:
"Her name was Lisa, she loved dogs, she wanted to be a veterinarian, her moms name was Susan, she had brown eyes."
But, you may ask, how do I create proper sentences?
Well, my dear pupil, that's what I'm here for!
Lets take the sentence above about our sear friend Lisa:
Her name was Lisa, she loved dogs, she wanted to be a veterinarian, her moms name was Susan, she had brown eyes.
When looking at this very long sentence, it takes forever to read.
But here's how I would break it down:
"Her name was Lisa, she loved dogs." this is a complete sentence! It has a subject, (Lisa) a verb, (loved) and an object (dogs). But we can make it better by adding a c
conjunction.
Sound scary?
It's not!
just remember the acronym FANBOYS!
For -- This means "because" (i.e., "I have to find a new job, FOR I am unemployed.)
And -- In addition to (i.e. "I have one dog AND three love birds")
Nor -- and not (i.e., "Neither Mark NOR Mary were at the school yesterday")
But -- However (i.e., "I have to work on Sundays, BUT I don't go to work on Saturday")
Or -- Either (i.e., "Does Clark have any brothers OR sisters?")
Yet -- But (this can be used interchangeably with but. However, in some cases "yet" is preferable. I.e. "I really wanted my son to study at university, YET he left the school" can also be " I really wanted my son to study at university, BUT he left the school".)
So -- Therefore (I.e. "My daughter is very smart, SO everybody likes her.")
It's easy!
Going back to Lisa, let's see if we can use one of the FANBOYS in our little sentence!
"Her name was Lisa, ______ she loved dogs."
Which would we use?
(lmt)
Well, since we are connecting that her name is Lisa and she loved dogs, we would use "and"
"Her name was Lisa, and she loved dogs."
easy!
Next, if you don't want to think that hard about sentences, here's a handy little tip that I learned long ago:
read it aloud!
By reading your sentence (or paragraph) aloud, it gives you a new perspective on how you see it. I do this a LOT when I'm reading my writing, and let me tell you-- it HELPS. I've caught so many mistakes in my papers. By reading your writing aloud, you can go from
"Her name was Lisa, she loved dogs, she wanted to be a veterinarian, her moms name was Susan, she had brown eyes."
to
:Her name was Lisa, and she loved dogs. She wanted to be a veterinarian. Her mom's name was Susan, and she had brown eyes."
See?
I'll address sentence fragments if they become an issue. Please don't take this anim personally. I am extremely critical of grammar, and this is not directed as a personal attack against anyone. I only made this to help.
T_T
0U) GRAMMERLY CAN HELP YOU WITHOUT THE BIG BRAINS,
DOOLOSDOALOD
or forget to add commas after words such as "like" or "also"