2019-10-24 Writing: corrections, prepositions

Greg Malivuk
gmalivuk@staffordhouse.com
http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - Notes from all classes
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Homework (to start in class): Write three (short) paragraphs about the person you interviewed on Monday (or a person you invent, if you weren’t here Monday). The paragraphs should be
1 Background/introduction (e.g. name, origin, job in home country)
2 Present (why English? where in Boston? hobbies?)
3 Future/conclusion (plans, goals, future job)
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Read what your partner wrote.
- Does each paragraph have a good topic sentence with a controlling idea?
- Is the information they wrote the same as what you told them on Monday?
- Is the organization clear and correct?
- Are all the sentences correct? (Specifically, check for fragments.)

Work with your partner to fix mistakes that you find in both responses.
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*He wants to learn how is the best form to water plants.
-> He wants to learn how to water plants.
-> He wants to learn the best form (or “way”) to water plants.
-> He wants to learn what the best form is to water plants.
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My classmate, Tim, is from Taiwan. - Sounds like you only have one classmate.
My classmate Tim is from Taiwan. - You have many classmates. One of them is Tim. He’s from Taiwan.
	(This is the same comma rule we used for adjective clauses last week.)
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Actually, he doesn’t have a job. = In fact, surprisingly, he doesn’t have a job.
Currently/Now/At present, he doesn’t have a job.
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Vocabulary: in/at/on
Places
in + big places: cities, countries, continents
in + rooms: in the kitchen, in the office
on + streets and other surfaces: I work on Chauncy St. I live on Woods Ave.
	(“They’re playing soccer in the street.”)
at + buildings: at the bank, at school, at the hospital
at + specific places to do something: at the sink (washing dishes), at the computer (writing email)

Times
in + long times: months, years, seasons
in + the morning/afternoon/evening
on + day: on Christmas, on Tuesday, on my brithday
at + specific times: at noon, at 9:00 am, at sunset
at + night