sorry, i suck at using commas and stuff.
ok here ate 4 sentences... hope i wrote them correctly but tell me if i need more or less commas...
- There were many people at the meeting and the muster of people was getting louder; a hush fell upon the crowd as thir leader swung open the door.
- It was impossible to know whether Karen would be grounded today because her good grades were sporadic; seldom was her concern for school because doing well in sports was her main priority.
- In math class my teacher would disseminate papers that had been collected; after distributing the papers we would talk about our mistakes.
- The results of my math exams were obiquitous; I was surprised that my good grades had been continuous.
2006-10-13 06:12:17 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
"It was impossible to know whether Karen would be grounded today because her good grades were sporadic;..."
are you constructing a sentence around the word "sporadic"? if you are, then try making a different sentence around it. "sporadic" is not an appropriate word to use to describe 'good grades'; it is approriate for something that goes "on or off", not something that goes "good or bad"; for the latter, i might use "erratic".
"seldom was her concern for school because doing well in sports was her main priority." - this sounds a bit stilted to me. unless you absolutely have to use "seldom" in a sentence, your options would be:
(1) she was not as interested in school as she was in her main priority: sports.
(2) she was more interested in excelling in sports than in her studies.
(3) sports excellence has always been her priority; her studies seldom concerned her.
(4) her studies seldom concerned her, but sports excellence always did.
(5) studies seldom concerned her; sports excellence always did.
If it's only comma you want, then the next sentence would be, "In math class, my teacher would disseminate papers that had been collected; after distributing the papers, we would talk about our mistakes." but you have other ways to put this:
(1) My math class teacher would distribute the papers that had been collected and we would discuss our mistakes.
(2) After distributing the papers that had been collected, our math class teacher would discuss our mistakes with us.
(3) In math class, we would discuss our mistakes after our teacher had distributed our papers.
(4) In math class, our teacher would distribute our papers; then, we would discuss our mistakes.
(5) After she had distributed our papers, our math teacher would discuss the mistakes we made.
In the last sentence, what exactly are you trying to say when you use "obiquitous"? there is no such word as "obiquitous", but there is "ubiquitous", a term which you shouldn't use to describe "grades", even if you meant, quite literally, that your grades were "all over the place".
I'm even more surprised that you'd use "continuous" to mean your grades "continued to be good". as were "sporadic" and "ubiquitous", "continuous" is malapropos.
good luck!
2006-10-13 10:13:25 · answer #1 · answered by saberlingo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There were many people at the meeting, and the muster of people was getting louder. A hush fell upon the crowd as their leader swung open the door.
- It was impossible to know whether Karen would be grounded today because her good grades were sporadic. She was seldom concern for school because doing well in sports was her main priority.
- In math class, my teacher would disseminate papers that had been collected. After distributing the papers, we would talk about our mistakes.
- The results of my math exams were obiquitous. I was surprised that I I kept my grades up.
2006-10-13 15:59:19 · answer #2 · answered by yuna 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In today's mess of people, I don't see that punctuation is high on any ones list.
With all the text shorthand and simple ignorance, just being able to read has become complex.
But, read your sentence, where did you pause, where did you change the subject.
Avoid using the colon and semi-colon except in a list form.
Really confused? make another sentence. You word count should increase and make your work more interesting.
2006-10-13 06:38:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Looks good to me
2006-10-13 06:15:52 · answer #4 · answered by Molly323 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You're in the wrong place to look for grammar help.
2006-10-13 06:17:44 · answer #5 · answered by Dialup, Avatar, Jones!? 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You may want to put this question under "homework help" instead of "words & wordplay".
Additionally, "I" is capitalized!
2006-10-13 06:16:54 · answer #6 · answered by Moebuggy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
lol!
2006-10-13 06:24:03 · answer #7 · answered by zoomjet 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋