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English
Asked by L.G. from Eugene
on January 3, 2012
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Many times on this site we see questions written so badly it is hard to answer them. Do you think all the texting that has leaked it's way on to this and other blog s...
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- Your peeve is Capitalization, my peeve is a lot is two words!!!!!! It is a lot not alot. This drives me nuts. My children are well aware of proper writing techniques.
- I am planning on raising my son proper grammar in his writing and speech. I figured it might be the only thing, along w/proper manners, that will separate him from th...
- Let me preface this by stating that I know my grammar and punctuation is very bad. I have an 8 year old daughter who has grammar that is appropriate for her age. She u...
Highschool English
Asked by T.M. from Columbus
on April 6, 2011
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Hi Mamas. Does anyone have any suggestions for helping highschool students with the mechanics of writing? My daughter really needs to improve her writing skills and ...
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- If there is a writing class at school, sign her up for it. If there is a summer writing workshop somewhere, sign her up for it. She needs to read - a lot. She needs...
- I teach eighth grade English... here are some ideas... Make her a cheat sheet of basic rules. For example, if she mixes up their, they're, there,(etc) the sheet can...
- Reading quality books and maybe a tutor. There is a vast world of difference between my writing skills and my sister's -- I LOVED to read from the time I got my first...
Uneducated or Just Lazy??
Asked by S.. from Orlando
on May 19, 2010
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Is it just me, or are you also frustrated at the way some people use horrible English on this site??
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- Probably both. Sometimes I'm too lazy to go back and add an apostrophe or capitalize my I's or I create a huge run on sentence when babbling about something. I think i...
- I don't cringe when I see a post full of bad grammer. I do, however, cringe when I see the person who posted getting absolutely CREAMED by people cutting them down fo...
- i agree with you. when it comes to capitalization and punctuation, i don't always do it (case in point). however when somebody's grammar/spelling/etc. is so bad that...
Help! What Class Should I Take?
Asked by T.H. from Baton Rouge
on January 13, 2011
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I hate English but I have to take a Literature class. In your opinion is English or World Literature the easiest?
Thanks In Advance!!
I love to read just hate wri...
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- ... perhaps take the English Literature. World Lit... can encompass a whole... other set of constructs. Cultural. Anthropological... depending on how the Professor ...
- I am an English lit professor and I teach introductory, English (British) and Irish literatue. See if you can check out the syllabus online or find the textbook listi...
- A fantastic professor can make a "boring" class great but a not so great professor can make even an interesting class painful. Since neither class holds much interest...
What Would Your Punishment Be?
Asked by T.B. from Eau Claire
on March 2, 2012
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Here is the situation:
16 year old junior in high school. Doesn't turn in a 100 point homework essay due to "writer's block". Due to this, she is failing English....
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- What Miranda O said.
- First of all, there would be no 3 weeks and the home work still wasn't turned in. Because taking away cell phone, TV, radio, what ever it is she's doing that isn't ab...
- I have a 17 yr old Junior, girl. Does your Junior not realize that this is one of the most important year's for her grades to be accessed by colleges and universiti...
Once upon a Time Tv Show?
Asked by J.T. from Victoria
on November 7, 2011
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I like this show but always seem to miss it. It came on at 7 tonight and I caught the last 10 mins or so. I usually remember it durring the week.
Have watched the ...
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- Never blame grammar and spelling errors on being from a specific state. There isn't one state in the entire US that has a population of poor spellers or poor English....
- Yeah, don't blame it on Texas, J.. You can blame it on Victoria, though--LOL. I rarely know anymore when my favorite shows come on. I'm not even interested in watch...
- You have to wait until tomorrow. I missed it tonight too. Be grateful we don't have to wait 8 days like some other shows! I hope it gets moved to 8. 7 is right when I ...
Career or Baby
Asked by T.K. from Columbus
on January 31, 2011
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I'm 25 years old and getting ready to finish college. My husband is several years older than me and we've been together for 4 years. I know that I'm young, but I've ha...
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- If you get a satisfying answer to this question, please write the NY times so the debate can be settled once and for all! Sorry to be a little snarky, but there is ...
- The choice is yours or life will play itself out just as it was meant to be. I was 28 and a college graduate when I found myself pregnant with my son. I just got ma...
- The best advice I got about having kids is don't wait until you have enough money, because you'll never have enough ~ meaning, you'll always have bills (loans, house p...
Teachers... How Is Your School Teaching Reading??
Asked by L.O. from Detroit
on January 25, 2012
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My daughter is in kindergarten.. and I have to say I am very unimpressed with the curriculum. When we went for meet the teacher night.. I had one question.. "how do y...
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- I'm not familiar with DISTAR, but our local school district uses Houghton Mifflin's reading program. It's phonics based, not whole word. We moved here when my second ...
- Kindergarten isn't really for teaching reading. Your expectations are a bit high. They learn letter sounds and sight words. They might be able to recognize a word he...
- We use teach your child to read in 100 easy lessons. And we also have used something called Phonics Museum by Veritas Press. I believe the phonics method of teaching r...
How Do You Feel About Written Communication?
Asked by S.M. from Kansas City
on August 16, 2011
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I've noticed that there seems to be a lot of comments thrown around in most every online group these days about using spell checker and correct grammar. Some people f...
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- I have noticed the increase in spelling errors. I agree with what both you and Tracy K said about needing questions to be intelligible. I, too, skip over things that h...
- Ok SLM, here's the way I see it. Language was developed as a means of communication between people. So it makes a certain amount of sense that PEOPLE will change it...
- This is kind of in the same ball park as your question, but I think that in a sense technology is making us "stupider". Spell check for example. When I was a kid ha...
Delayed in Speech?
Asked by V.S. from New York
on January 2, 2008
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My husband and I raise our children billingually. My husband speaks solely in English and I speak in Malay to our children. Our first-born child, a 3 1/2 yo girl, star...
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- Hi V., I am in exactly same position as you are. I would say - do not, repeat - DO NOT worry. I am very surprised abouth the advice given to you by a speech therapist...
- Hi V., I don't really have any experience bringing up a bilingual child, but I don't really think think that you have a problem. My niece is the same age as your son ...
- honestly, I wouldn't give what your therapist said a second thought, you just keep doing what you're doing. A child raised in a bilingual home is SO LUCKY, and both l...
