Writing 2111F/G Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Verb, Comma, Pronoun

• School: Western University
• Department: Writing
• Course: Writing 2111F/G
• Professor: Patrick M Kennedy

Document Summary

Parts of speech (building blocks of any sentences): nouns person, place, or thing (the subject of the sentence, pronouns substitute nouns, ex. On, about, to, beside, above, with, in order to, from) Tra(cid:374)siti(cid:448)e (cid:448)er(cid:271)s: take a dire(cid:272)t o(cid:271)je(cid:272)t, (cid:374)a(cid:373)e a re(cid:272)ei(cid:448)er of the a(cid:272)tio(cid:374) (cid:894)(cid:862)he hit the (cid:271)all(cid:863)(cid:895) Intransitive verbs: do not require following words to complete their (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)g (cid:894)(cid:862)i ra(cid:374) to the store(cid:863)(cid:895) Forms of be, have, do, can/could, may/might/must, shall/should, will/would) *go over subjects and objects in the book (cid:862)it"s i (cid:449)ho k(cid:374)o(cid:449)s the a(cid:374)s(cid:449)er(cid:863). It is (cid:374)ot (cid:862)it"s (cid:373)e(cid:863) (cid:862)it is the(cid:455) (cid:449)ho (cid:373)ust de(cid:272)ide(cid:863). *go over in book in chapter 13 page 122 (cid:862)bet(cid:449)ee(cid:374) (cid:455)ou a(cid:374)d i(cid:863) is i(cid:374)(cid:272)orre(cid:272)t, (cid:862)bet(cid:449)ee(cid:374) (cid:455)ou a(cid:374)d (cid:373)e(cid:863) is (cid:272)orre(cid:272)t. To avoid they he/she, you can change the antecedent to plural. Write about 150 words on the following topic: Explain how you got there and what things you did to make this dream come true.