2015-08-31 Writing: capitalization and sentences

Greg Malivuk
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Homework: Double check your writing for sentence mistakes and fix them. (If you didn’t do the homework before, write a descriptive paragraph about your classmate.)
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p. 19 - Fix the capitalization mistakes in the paragraph about Mark Zuckerberg

Arlington Station - specific name for the station on a map, so capitalize both
the Boston airport - this is not the name of the airport (Logan International Airport), so we don’t need to capitalize the common noun “airport”

As a young student, he studied in public schools.
He studied in public schools as a young student.

After school, I will go shopping.
I will go shopping after school.

When I was a young child, I lived in Charlotte, Michigan.
Dobbs Ferry, New York, is Mark Zuckerberg’s hometown.
February 5, 1983, is the date I was born.
Today is Monday, August 31, 2015.
I will be in New York on September 12th, 13th, and 14th.
...12th through 14th. (= it includes most of the 14th, but “to” might stop at the beginning of the day)
I teach (from) 9 to 2:30.
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Every sentence has at least one subject and one verb.
A simple sentence has just one subject-verb pair.
(Compound and complex sentences have more than one.)

I will bring the drinks if you make the food. - not simple (I will bring, you make = 2 pairs)
I will bring the drinks. - yes simple (“I” is the subject, “will bring” is the verb)
John and I will bring the food and the drinks.
(“John and I” = subject, “will bring” = verb, “the food and the drinks” = object)
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p. 21 - read the paragraph and identify the subjects and verbs
(Then identify objects and prepositions.)
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Tomorrow we will return to 15-minute breaks (no more 20).