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| diagramming sentences | 11/22/2008 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: Is diagramming of sentences a requirement of standard testing? Why do we need to expect our kids to ...
A: The purpose of diagramming sentences is not a requirement of standard testing unless your state ...
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| Help with a specific sentence diagram | 11/3/2008 | Debra Duenas |
Q: My sister and I are both stumped. Her husband was given the sentence "Are soldiers required to wear ...
A: This is a nasty one! I hate diagramming! Soldiers is the subject, are is the linking verb...are ...
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| confused????????? | 10/30/2008 | Debra Duenas |
Q: I am learning about simple predicates and simple subjects in my class. But I don't understand ...
A: The answer will not always be you or we...its just that maybe the practice sentences they gave you ...
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| diagramming | 10/20/2008 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: Please help diagram Every day Jenna swims dozens of laps in the pool. The other sentence we need ...
A: I will give you the some advice and then have you go to my website that will show you how to diagram ...
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| diagramming | 10/20/2008 | Debra Duenas |
Q: Please help diagram the following sentences. By the end of the day, the scout troop had reached ...
A: Diagramming assistance is practically impossible in here because I cannot diagram in this format. ...
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| Adjectival Phrases | 10/20/2008 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: Could you give me a list of some connectives used to begin adjectival phrases. Also in an adjectival ...
A: First of all, let's go over some background. A phrase is a group of related words that do not have ...
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| was vs were | 10/1/2008 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: Which would be the correct usage of was vs were in this sentence? "This is the amount of interest ...
A: Yes, it should be "were" because you have a clause that starts with "if" which is called a ...
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| Diagramming Infinitives Used as Adverb Phrases | 9/30/2008 | Debra Duenas |
Q: In this sentence: To do well on an exam, one should study the material over a period of several ...
A: Yes, this infinitive phrase is an adverb because it tells why one should study. As for ...
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| Paper format for Middle school | 9/30/2008 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: I am teaching a middle school class and would like to present my students with a brief list of rules ...
A: If you are using the MLA rules, you can find them at this site. ...
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| language | 9/29/2008 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: When do we use the past participle and the past tense? What is the past participle and the past ...
A: This sounds like a homework assignment and I don't just give answers to homework assignments. I ...
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| SAT Gramamr | 9/29/2008 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: This question is from the Official SAT Guide Book page 724 #18 The survey [showed that] most ...
A: http://74.125.45.104/search?q=cache:aikeDJgNdYgJ:www.tacomacc.edu/upload/files/academics/studentlear ...
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| SAT Grammar | 9/29/2008 | Debra Duenas |
Q: This is on page 660 #17 on the SAT OG Book. [Crossing and recrossing] the stream, stepping on or ...
A: I understand your confusion about present and past...except that the path did grow in the past. It ...
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| SAT Grammar | 9/29/2008 | Debra Duenas |
Q: This question is on the SAT OG book page 661 # 28 [In] the United States, the industrial [use of] ...
A: Just wanted to check on you. As an Mom and a teacher I am glad you took a break for the ...
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| SAT Grammar | 9/29/2008 | Debra Duenas |
Q: Hey again, this question is on the SAT OG book page 661 # 29 The dolls in the collection, [all] ...
A: More than just means greater than... The dolls are more than two hundred years old, there are more ...
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| SAT Grammar | 9/29/2008 | Debra Duenas |
Q: This question is from The Official SAT Guide Book Page 601#7 [Whether the ancient Egyptians ...
A: Yuck! I think C is the best of the lot... Yes, you can begin with 'that' but it is awkward and not ...
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| SAT Grammar Page 480 #28 | 9/26/2008 | Debra Duenas |
Q: :) The quality of multivitamin tablets [is determined] by [how long] [its] potency [can be ...
A: Hmmmm... Well, it can be looked at two ways and I am not sure which is exactly perfectly right... ...
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| SAT Grammar Page 480 #24 | 9/26/2008 | Debra Duenas |
Q: Hey Debra, Thanks for answering my previous questions. You were a great help! The question this ...
A: By putting 'since' at the beginning you are suggesting that something has happened because of the ...
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| SAT Grammar Help | 9/24/2008 | Debra Duenas |
Q: Hey, I have been working on the SAT again, and i came across this question. [Contrasting with] ...
A: It's contrasted... This sentence is in what is called the passive voice. Whenever you have a ...
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| SAT Grammar | 9/24/2008 | Debra Duenas |
Q: I have been working on the SAT OG book and I don't get this question which is on page 417 #28. ...
A: Yes...it is correct to say preoccupation with the history. I am not sure if there is a hard and ...
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| SAT grammar | 9/24/2008 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: I have been working on the SAT OG book and I don't get this question which is on page 417 #28. ...
A: I really think the answer they gave is wrong. I think it should be "no error". I will try to see ...
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| Help me check these SAT grammar questions | 9/23/2008 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: Part of the following sentence is bracketed; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the ...
A: Yes, D is correct for the first one. I believe that the second should be D and then continue with ...
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| SAT Grammar Help | 9/22/2008 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: I have been working on the SAT grammar problem and i don't get the following: (page 537 mental note ...
A: The reason why A is correct is because you have a compound subject joined by the conjunction "and". ...
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| English:Dirgram sentence | 9/18/2008 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: dirgram this sentence My best friend and her counsin made me cookies.
A: Your sentence has a compound (meaning 2 or more) subject, indirect object, and a direct object. You ...
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| Diagraming sentence | 9/16/2008 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: Rosemary, Iam trying to help my grandson diagram the sentence In the daytime,scorching temperatures ...
A: The sentence can be inverted to say: Scorching temperatures are common in the daytime. ...
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| Literature | 9/7/2008 | Debra Duenas |
Q: In the most dangerous game, the short story, what is plot? Exposition, Rising action, climax, ...
A: The exposition is the introductory part of a story that help you understand what you are going to ...
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| Literature | 9/7/2008 | Debra Duenas |
Q: In the most dangerous game, the short story, what is plot? Exposition, Rising action, climax, ...
A: I haven't read this book lately so I can't give you the details. I have a problem with doing ...
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| Assistance with Diagramming Sentences | 9/6/2008 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: I have pondered and re-worked the following sentences several times. Could you provide assistance ...
A: A diagram of a sentence is "showing" how the words within the sentence are related to each other. ...
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| grammar-sentence diagramming | 9/5/2008 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: My daughter needs help diagramming the following sentence: Can my friend Niki help you to move your ...
A: Whenever one has a question to diagram, change it to a statement. That way the verb phrase would be ...
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| text books | 8/25/2008 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: I am 56 years of age, and pride myself on the correct use of grammar, so was horrified to see, in ...
A: You are very correct in saying that I should have written "to Paul and me." I guess we all make ...
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| plural forms of the zodiac, adding an | 7/30/2008 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: So there is contention where I work as to what are the correct plural forms of the signs of the ...
A: I really don't know of any other way to get the plural for the naming of the people under the ...
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| plural forms of the zodiac, adding an "s" to a singular noun | 7/29/2008 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: So there is contention where I work as to what are the correct plural forms of the signs of the ...
A: The name of the zodiac sign cannot be made plural but the naming of the people under that sign can ...
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| was vs were | 7/17/2008 | Rosemary Lenc |
Q: It's been a number of years since I was in school; however, I believe I am correct in the following ...
A: The correct usage would be "were". The reason is because you are treating the collective noun, ...
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| referencing | 7/9/2008 | Debra Duenas |
Q: I'm doing a chapter analysis of a particular book - well comparing 2 chapters really. I've been ...
A: In the bibliography, list the work only once. If you only reference the text once in citation in ...
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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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