2015-06-08 Workshop: corrections and punctuation

Greg Malivuk
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bear - bore - born
The baby was born at 4pm. / The baby will be born next month. / The baby was being born.
write - wrote - written
The book was written in 2004. / The book will be written in 2020. / The book was being written.
(we usually talk about birth in the passive voice)

The woman had the baby at 4pm. / She gave birth at 4pm. / (She bore the baby at 4pm.)
The woman delivered the baby at 4pm.

“birth” is the noun for the event (similar to “die” = verb, “dead” = adjective, “death” = noun)
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bore - bored - bored - boring (opposite of interest)
bear - bore - born - bearing (like childbirth)
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*The baby were.
-> The babies were.
-> The baby was. (I don’t know which one is correct.)
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The book was written for Stephen King.
= Someone else wrote the book and dedicated it or gave it to Stephen King.

The book was written by Stephen King.
= Stephen King wrote the book.
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for + noun
to + verb
(if you’re talking about the purpose of something)
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*The doctor said here is your baby.
-> The doctor said, “Here is your baby.”

My father said, “I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the mirror.” (direct speech)
My father said he didn’t think there was anything wrong with the mirror. (reported speech)

(If you want to write an interesting story, you should usually use direct speech.)
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Punctuation names:
.	period (“point” in a number, “dot” in a web address)
,	comma
“”	quotation marks / quotes
‘	apostrophe (as in “don’t”, “Greg’s”, etc.)
;	semicolon
:	colon
!	exclamation mark
?	question mark