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| Tense? | 6/30/2008 | Debra Duenas |
Q: What is : Future Semiconditionally Modified Subinverted Plagal Past Subjunctive Intentional
A: I must assume this is a joke... Or you're testing my overall intelligence rather than my grammatical ...
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| Correction | 5/28/2008 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: If I send you some sentences I diagram, could you tell me if they are correct? I need to know so ...
A: If you can get the diagrams to stay within your email to AllExperts, I would be glad to check them. ...
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| Poems | 5/25/2008 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: Are these examples of alliteration? Can you also give me an example of consonance and explain the ...
A: Your alliteration have the same letters at the beginning but really don't make sense. Look at the ...
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| Sentence diagram w/compound conjunction? | 5/22/2008 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: I am trying to help my daughter diagram the following sentence (all caps), but am not sure how to ...
A: First of all, the sentence you have here is a compound sentence made up 2 independent clauses. The ...
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| Diagramming | 5/17/2008 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: I have a diagramming question that forces me to diagram the following sentence: There is a still ...
A: I understand why you are confused here and thus below I have given you my reasoning and how I ...
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| Diagramming "underlying" | 5/16/2008 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: I have a diagramming question that forces me to diagram the following sentence: There is a still ...
A: "Underlying our democratic tendencies" is a participial phrase, modifying the subject, cause. ...
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| the letter h | 5/9/2008 | Debra Duenas |
Q: .I am teaching English to 11 year old kids in Malaysia. While I can easily pronounce the hah sound ...
A: Are you American or British and teaching English or Malaysian teaching English? This would really ...
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| sound of the letter h | 5/9/2008 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: .I am teaching English to 11 year old kids in Malaysia. While I can easily pronounce the hah sound ...
A: First of all, I want to congratulate you for doing your work with the students in Malaysia. That is ...
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| Participles | 3/3/2008 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: I am completely lost on the subject of participles, participial phrases, prepositional phrases that ...
A: Phrases are groups of related words. One of the first phrases that you ever learned was the verb ...
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| writing hints for 5 grader | 2/20/2008 | Debra Duenas |
Q: I have a 5 grader who constantly struggled in LA since he was in first grade.i tried to help him at ...
A: P.S. Send me an e-mail address and I will send you the guideline page I give fifth graders for ...
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| Subject-Verb Agreement | 2/18/2008 | Debra Duenas |
Q: I'm studying for the SAT, and my grammar is pretty decent.. However, I'm running into a little ...
A: Subject verb agreement has to do with their status as singular or plural...they must agree. The dog ...
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| correct comma usage | 2/16/2008 | Debra Duenas |
Q: i had a debate with a student recently about the commas in the following sentence: The Leadership ...
A: I can find no reference to this type of sentence in the writing rules of either the MLA or the APA. ...
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| gerund prdicate noun | 2/7/2008 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: My daughter needs to know what a gerund predicate noun is. She knows all the others really well but ...
A: Remember that a gerund is a form of a verb, ending in -ing, being used as a noun. One of the ways ...
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| grammar | 1/14/2008 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: In the sentence They will meet us after lunch. I the word They a nominative pronoun used as a ...
A: I really would prefer that you give me your choice first so I can see your reasoning. I don't like ...
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| grammar | 1/14/2008 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: In the sentence The book that I read for the assignment has been made into a movie. Is the word ...
A: A demonstrative pronoun is a pronoun that "points" out something. Example: I love to read. I like ...
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| Ninth Grade English Class | 1/14/2008 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: Lenc, I sure hope that you can help me because although I have a very knowledgable teacher, i have ...
A: I don't know when you wrote this and if I am too late to help before your test, please forgive me as ...
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| sentence skills | 12/30/2007 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: In which of the following sentence is a semicolon used correclty? A. Joe watered the garden and; the ...
A: A semicolon is used in the following way: 1. Use a semicolon (;) in place of a conjunction in a ...
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| i wanna some forms of grammar samples for SAT exam | 12/21/2007 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: i am a graduated ... from Myanmar... now i am prepare to sit SAT exam in next year. now i wanna know ...
A: I suggest that you use the following sites on the internet to prepare for the SAT test. I am ...
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| Help | 11/27/2007 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: My son is now being home schooled. It is a very long story that ended with the ISD was not able to ...
A: I have spent sometime checking out places I thought you be helpful to you. My very first suggestion ...
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| ~Adverd Pharses~ | 11/20/2007 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: Ok. I need help with adverb pharses. I don't get it. I know that first you find the prep. phrase and ...
A: Remember that an adverb answers the questions, where, when, why and to what extent or degree. A ...
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| May i know about some grammer rules? | 11/19/2007 | Debra Duenas |
Q: What is the differences between & how 2 use them -if i am -if i was -if i were ...
A: Yes... 'if I was a bird' is technically past tense because you can't explain it until you already ...
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| was/were | 11/14/2007 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: My dad and the rest of the family was/were scared.
A: Because of the compound subject joined by the conjunction, and, you need the plural verb, which is ...
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| doubt regarding subject and predicate in interrogative sentences | 11/7/2007 | Debra Duenas |
Q: Who can answer this question? What is your name? Whose pencil is this? Can you help me to find the ...
A: To get the subject and predicate of a question is it best to locate the verb first. Usually once you ...
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| participial and gerund phrases | 11/7/2007 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: What is the difference between gerund and present participial phrases. I can easily identify ...
A: A gerund is the -ing or -ed or -d form of the verb used as a noun in a sentence. Therefore, a ...
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| predicates | 10/31/2007 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: I am having some trouble figuring out predicates because there are different definitions. I was ...
A: There are two types of predicates. Predicate have to due with the part of the sentence that ...
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| language | 10/23/2007 | Debra Duenas |
Q: I need to know the complete subject, the simple subject and the predicate in the following sentence; ...
A: 'The singers in an opera' is the complete subject. It is what we are talking about. 'singers' is ...
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| language arts | 9/30/2007 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: how do you make strawberry into an adjective
A: An adjective is a word that modifies or describes a noun. Therefore to use the "noun" strawberry ...
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| language arts for kids | 9/27/2007 | Debra Duenas |
Q: states what the subject does, is, or has in a sentence.
A: The subject is what you are talking about or referring to in any sentence. While they were out for ...
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| Vocabulary | 9/17/2007 | Debra Duenas |
Q: Which Of These Events might cause bedlam: a tornado destroys a neighborhood a bouquet of flowers ...
A: Did you even try the dictionary?? I don't like giving answers to your homework questions if you ...
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| more than less than | 9/7/2007 | Debra Duenas |
Q: 60-40< 70-30 20+50>
A: Your question is a little vague. Since this is the language arts area and not math, I assume that ...
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| character analysis | 7/2/2007 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: Rosemary, I have to write a character analysis about Medea, my question is, How do I cite in my ...
A: Remember that the main reason for quoting from a source is to back up your own ideas. Therefore, in ...
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| parts of speech and punctuation | 6/26/2007 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: What is the subject of a sentence may be what parts of speech?
A: It sounds like you are asking what parts of speech may be a subject of a sentence. Generally, one ...
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| Possessive forms | 6/7/2007 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: How to use possessive correctly? A. The childrens' activity period lasts 15 minutes. B. Carl's and ...
A: Children is already plural, as you said. But to show possession to a plural that does not end in s, ...
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| Grammar | 6/7/2007 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: Is this sentence grammatically correct? Sit it down over there by the window.
A: In order to decide between the verbs, sit and set, one must know when to use each one. Sit is an ...
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| Pronouns | 6/7/2007 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: Which one make more is correct Please give Paul and I your undivided attention. or Send the ...
A: You are very correct in your reasoning. Congratulations! Remember that these pronouns are used as ...
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| Language | 6/6/2007 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: What is the difference between typical and average, as in he is an average man vs.he is typical man
A: Many times when we use these two words, they seem like synonyms. But I think that there is a slight ...
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| homonyms | 5/28/2007 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: How many homonyms are there in the English language? Thank you!
A: There are so many homonyms in our English language that I believe more and more are found as we add ...
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| Sats | 5/1/2007 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: Hi can you recommend any sites that are good for revising for SATS for students in Year 7 (11-12 ...
A: I am not sure I understand your question. If you are asking if there is a place where students can ...
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| Diagramming sentences | 4/19/2007 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: What would be the correct way to diagram Patrick Henry's speech: ("I know not what course others ...
A: Beth, The only way I know how to diagram on this computer is to tell you how each word is being used ...
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| English | 2/14/2007 | Debra Duenas |
Q: My son is diagramming a sentence for extra credit and we disagree on the correct way to do it. The ...
A: First, my sincere apologies for responding so late you probably don't need the answer any more. I ...
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