Directions
1. Listen to your assigned grammar girl podcast.
Josh- Episode 37- Lie vs. Lay-
B.J.- Episode 96- May vs. Might
Drew- Episode 41- What's the difference between a colon and a semicolon?
Seth- Episode 49- Run-on sentences
Kristin- Episdoe 51- Good vs. well
Pedro- Episode 58- Starting a sentence with 'however'
Terry- Epidsode 60- How to punctuation questions
Graham- Episode 92- Apostrophes
Rodrigo- Episode 93- Hyphens
Patrick- Episode 98- Who vs. Whom
Kenna- Episoda 103- Subject-Verb Agreement
Kelsie- Episode 121- Affect vs Effect
Brett- Episode 125- Comparatives vs. Superlatives
Brock- Episode 126- Thru vs. Through vs. Threw
Ethan- Episode 131- Collective Nouns- Singular or Plural?
Liz- Episode 100- How to Write Numbers
2. Write a summary/explanation of the concept/skill she talked about using your own examples to explain it.
3. Teach a mini-lesson to the class to help explain that concept. You'll be teaching the concept on Friday.
P.S. All of these potential will be part of the English component of the ACT.
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Episode 37-Lie vs. Lay-
This episode on Grammar Girl talked about Lie vs. Lay. Grammar Girl was describing the difference between lie and lay.
Present Tense: Lay requires a direct object while lie does not.
Example:Don't lay the blanket on the bed. (Bed is the direct object.)
Hannah is going to lie down on her bed for a few hours.
Lay it on me. (it-subject)
Lay Down Sally implies that someone should grab Sally and lay her down.
Correct Way-Lie Down Sally
Lay is the past tense of lie.
Example: Last week, Derrick lay down on the field after getting hit hard by an opponent.
Laid is the past tense of lay.
Example: Kera laid the homework assignment on Mrs. Julian's desk after school.
Past participle of lie is lain.
Example: Maria has lain sick on her bed for days.
Past participle of lay is laid.
Example: I have laid my check balance to the bank.
So, lay requires a direct object while lie doesn't.
Subject-verb Agreement.
In this episode it talked about subject-verb agreement. She explained some errors that are commonly found in places you might go.
In subject-verb agreement, singular subjects go with singular verbs and plural subjects go with plural verbs.
Here are some examples she gave:
* The use of cell phones and pagers "is" not prohibited.
Because there are two subjects, and "is" refers to one thing, "are" would be the word to put.
So the right way is:
* The use of cell phones and pagers are not prohibited.
The only time is would ever be used in a sentence like that is when the sentence had only one singular subject, such as:
* The use of a cell phone "is" prohibited.
Here are more examples of proper subject-verb agreement.
1) Dr. Micheals, who needs a new phone message, and Nurse Michelle, his fiance, are eloping tonight.
Subjects- Dr. Micheals & Nurse Michelle (plural subjects)
Then look at "are eloping". It's a match; plural subjects and plural verbs.
You always have to look at your subject(s) and your verb(s) to make sure they are both singular or plural.
Episode 58: However
Pedro Hernandez
The episode on however describes how to use the word correctly in or at the beginning of a sentence. It also goes on to explain proper punctuation when using however.
However is a conjunctive adverb that can be used in two different ways. It can serve as a conjunction for two main clauses or as an adverb to modify a clause.
However at the beginning of a sentence without a comma means "to whatever extent" or "in whatever manner".
Example1: However glad he might have felt, the boy never showed it.
The comma is not used right after the word however. If it was however would mean "nevertheless".
Example2: We can go to the party. However, I need to leave at ten.
You can also write the sentence with a semi colon conjoining the two clauses together like in Example3.
Example3: We can go to the party; however, I need to leave at ten.
In Example4, it shows that you can use the word however in the middle of a sentence instead of at the beginning. But be sure to remember to add a comma before and after however.
Example4: The joyous occasion ended very quickly, however, the emotion in all the people there was felt the entire day.
Be sure to remember that using however at the beginning of a sentence isn't wrong even though most people think it is. Try to remember how to use the punctuation. The Podcast also advises not to use however at the beginning of a sentence when you're applying for a job, because most people think it's wrong even though you know it’s right.
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