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Today we started by talking about grammar problems. Here are a couple to look out for:
1. Overuse of "they" -- when it is not clear who "they" refers to.
Example: The Canadian government closed the Grand Banks. They were concerned about cod.
BETTER: The Canadian government closed the Grand Banks. Officials, scientists, and fishermen were concerned about cod.
2. Incorrect plurals: cod and fish. We looked these up in the LDOCE.com
The plural of "cod" is "cod" NOT "cods."
Example: The cod in the North Atlantic eat everything they can find.
The plural of "fish" is usually (and preferably) "fish" not "fishes."
Example: The fish are not returning as expected.
3. Adverbs and time markers.
We reviewed the use of the past tense to show that something is over and finished (e.g. The medieval church did not allow people to eat meat on Fridays.). Do not make statements in the present tense about information presented in the past tense.
Thus it would be wrong to say: The Catholic Church does not allow people to eat meat on Fridays.
Then we got into groups for the major paper assignment. So far, here are the groups:
Andy and Saad (The African Elephant)
Yedesdes and Asami (The Right Whale)
Irene, Yu Jeong and Shuxin (The Shark)
Dang Ta and Thanawoth Washburn (The American Bison)
Mohammed and Mino (The Sperm Whale)
Satoshi and Mi Lin (The Blue Fin Tuna)
Khang Dong, Kuan Hao Chen, and Tsik (The Sea Horse)
Finally, we started looking at Lexis Nexis online. This is accessible via:
www.wsulibs.wsu.edu
Go to: Find Journal Articles
Go to: Databases A-Z
Go to: The Letter "L"
Go to: Lexis Nexis Academic
Go to: Yes, I accept
Remember to search for articles --- but save a tree! Don't print until you're sure. If you think an article looks good -- email it to yourself.
ON Wednesday, I'll return the first in class writing, we'll work on some more library resources, and we'll brainstorm for items for the next inclass writing.
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